Freedom To Bear Arms Research Paper
“The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” -H. L. Mencken. Mencken implies that the average man would rather know that he is safe then to have freedom without safety. He implies that the average man would be happy living as his nation’s pet. So how can we be safe if we don’t have the freedom to voice our oppression? How can we protect ourselves when the ones giving us safety turn against us? Our freedom is what makes us safe, without it we cannot be truly safe. Our freedom of free speech and our right to bear arms are what protects us from being squashed by a tyrannical government. Our freedom protects and empowers us to fight for the safety of all people.
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When the second amendment was made, giving us the right to bear arms, the founding fathers wanted the people to have equal arms to the army, they wanted us to be able to fight off our own military. This is because they never wanted America’s government to become tyrannical over it’s people. They wanted A fail-safe so that if the government tried to take away the rights of the people, the people could fight back if left no other option. Throughout history there have been nations whose people were not armed because they did not fear their own government, only to be trun on and wiped out. The most notorious even of this nature was when the Nazi party disarmed the Jewish population giving then no way of fighting back, before throwing them into death camps. Our right to bear arms form a barrier between us and the greed and oppressions of any government. “The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.” ― Jeff Cooper, Art of the Rifle, Cooper Enforces that evil people or tyrants can and will be stopped if the militia of the people is well armed, but that the people of the militia must still have an eye for freedom. In times of peace this freedom sits dormant, but the knowledge of their existence keeps any tyrannical movements far away from America. This is why the first thing all tyrants do is disarm the civilians and why we should never give up our right to bear
The main reason there has never been a long term attack …show more content…
When the second amendment was made, giving us the right to bear arms, the founding fathers wanted the people to have equal arms to the army, they wanted us to be able to fight off our own military. This is because they never wanted America’s government to become tyrannical over it’s people. They wanted A fail-safe so that if the government tried to take away the rights of the people, the people could fight back if left no other option. Throughout history there have been nations whose people were not armed because they did not fear their own government, only to be trun on and wiped out. The most notorious even of this nature was when the Nazi party disarmed the Jewish population giving then no way of fighting back, before throwing them into death camps. Our right to bear arms form a barrier between us and the greed and oppressions of any government. “The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.” ― Jeff Cooper, Art of the Rifle, Cooper Enforces that evil people or tyrants can and will be stopped if the militia of the people is well armed, but that the people of the militia must still have an eye for freedom. In times of peace this freedom sits dormant, but the knowledge of their existence keeps any tyrannical movements far away from America. This is why the first thing all tyrants do is disarm the civilians and why we should never give up our right to bear