Thursday, May 29, 2014

Second Amendment Originally for Slave Militias

I always knew that the seoond amendment was for the government both state and national government to be able to raise a militia to put down rebellions. Shay's Rebellion scared the Founders as both the State of Massachusetts and National government could not raise a militia and showed the weakness of the national government. After the Constitution, the Federal Government needed a militia to put down the Whiskey Rebellion. A good question posed by David Frum, a conservative blogger, what government would set up a mechanism where it encourages the citizens to rise up and overthrow the government. The militias were to put down revolts and put down rebellions. The Founders were worried about a stable government. Carl T. Bogus of U.C. Davis Law wrote the article "The Hidden History of the Second Amendment," and in this chronicled the history of the second amendment in the South and the need for Slave militias. Slave militias were used to patrol the South, go to plantations and to make sure there were no slave revolts. Slave militias were used to keep control of the slaves and make sure no rebellions. Militias were important to the South and people had to work monthly, have training and participate in the militias. When researching James Madison, Patrick Henry, James Monroe all spoke about the Militia and not the right of an individaul to own a gun. The debate was national government militia taking over and replacing state militias so states would not have slave patrols. The Southern leaders were worried about this issue not the right of people having guns. Even the original second amendment written by James Madison was changed from country to state to satisfy the South. All research points to the beginning of the second amendment, a well regulated milita being necesary to a free state, is the most important part. There is no individual right to own a gun, according to our Founding Fathers. The more research will show how militias were used, how many Americans did not have guns and even militias had to supply guns to its members.

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