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On This Site You Will Not Find:
The Bill of Privileges
Granted By Government.
You Will Find:
The Truth About YOUR Liberty
"The Bill Of Rights"
The Bill of "YOUR Rights"
 
The Constitution
of
The United States of America

 

  Arms Rights Provisions from four of the eight original thirteen states that enacted an arms rights provision in their State Bill of Rights PRIOR to the adoption of the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. The liberal argument that "Militia" means the standing army of the United States or the States National Guard, "and not the people", has no basis in reality or in history.

 
Virginia
June 12, 1776
13. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state;
 
North Carolina
December 18, 1776
XVII. That the people have a right to bear arms, for the defense of the state; and, as standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under the strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
 
Vermont
July 8, 1777
XV. That the people have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state...
 
Massachusetts
October 25, 1780
The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defense.
 
Debates of the Massachusetts Convention
February 6, 1788
And that the said Constitution 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.
 
Federalist Papers - Number 29 ( In part )
Alexander Hamilton
The Regulation of the militia
There is something so far-fetched and so extravagant in the idea of danger to liberty from the militia, that one is at a loss whether to treat it with gravity or with raillery; whether to consider it as a mere trial of skill, like the paradoxes of rhetoricians; as a disingenuous artifice to instill prejudices at any price; or as the serious offspring of political fanaticism. Where, in the name of common-sense, are our fears to end if we may not trust our sons, our brothers, our neighbors, our fellow-citizens?
 
Any Person Willing To Give Up A Freedom For A Security . . . Shall Have Neither
Benjamin Franklin
 
 
 
"The Bill of Rights contained in the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution, is every American's GUARANTEE OF FREEDOM". Harry S. Truman
 
The First Ten Amendments, Ratified on December 15, 1791
 
You have the right to choose to NOT know what this document says.
You have that right because of this document !
 
AMENDMENT 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
 
AMENDMENT 2
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
 
AMENDMENT 3
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
 
AMENDMENT 4
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized.
 
AMENDMENT 5
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
 
AMENDMENT 6
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.
 
AMENDMENT 7
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
 
AMENDMENT 8
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
 
AMENDMENT 9
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
 
AMENDMENT 10
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
 
Use this link to view  The Amendments to the Constitution -  XI Through XXVII - The Amendments to the Constitution of The United States after the signing into law the original Bill of Rights. Plus the full "Constitution" - the "Declaration of Independence"- the "Federalists Papers" - early American documents and much more.
 
 
    Are you aware that in most schools today, the "Constitution" and the "Bill of Rights" are being very lightly glossed over. The teaching of the most important documents in human history is almost non-existent. The reason is very simple, when the next generation grows up not knowing what their rights are or where they come from - they will not know when they are taken away.
 
    Have your school age children read "By The Consent of The Governed". See if they know what the first ten Amendments, the "Bill of Rights" are. See if they know what the three top branches of government are. Make sure that your Children and your Grand Children know what these documents say. Make sure that they know what these words mean. The future of America and the free world depends on it.
 
    Use this link to view the University of Chicago Gun Control Study - The Lott / Mustard Study covered EVERY COUNTY in the U.S., "ALL" 3,054 Counties in the U.S. and included "ALL" firearm incidents reported to police over an 18 YEAR PERIOD - 1977-1994 - The truth will keep Sarah Brady awake at night. Think the liberal news media and the liberal left has not been lying to you ?? Read this and you will know just how much !!
 
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