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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WTJ" data-source="post: 2000640" data-attributes="member: 6661">Webster: "Before a standing army can rule the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."Mason: "Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers." Adams: "Be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies, unless when necessary for the defence of the United States, or of some one or more of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of their grievances: or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures."Other than this, there are about 15 different draft versions of the 2A.I would say they were more intelligent and perceptive about freedoms than the imbeciles (IQ score of 20-39) currently in office.</blockquote>