Right to Bear Arms?

Tell me again that an ad hoc militia composed of armed citizens is of no use whatsoever. . .

One of the clearest examples of a case where the Second Amendment prohibition against infringing on citizens’ right to bear arms directly enabled a just overthrow of corrupt government is The Battle of Athens, TN.

WWII veterans and others in the community armed themselves and laid seige on the town jail in direct response to corrupt government practices, including blatant (and violent, even murderous) cheating at the polls. The end result was a housecleaning of local government. Unfortunately, the “housecleaning” was not violent enough (I am quite serious here). . . “Clean” government only lasted a couple of years.

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