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Walter Williams=20
Constitutional ignorance=20

http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- DURING last week's Senate =
confirmation hearings, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., laid into President =
Bush's attorney general nominee John Ashcroft about his strong support =
for the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment. Kennedy demanded that =
Ashcroft apologize to the American people.=20

For what did Kennedy think Ashcroft should apologize? In a speech, =
Ashcroft said that the reason the Framers demanded a constitutional =
protection for "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" was to =
provide a measure of protection against tyranny in government.=20

Kennedy demonstrated gross ignorance about the founding of our nation. =
To throw such an intemperate, public hissy-fit, he must have counted on =
-- and correctly so -- the ignorance of his senatorial colleagues, the =
news media and most Americans.=20

Ashcroft didn't bother to defend himself. He might have figured that =
Kennedy and his colleagues were uneducable, and possibly feared that =
producing facts would have brought on even greater ire.=20

Let's you and I look at the Framers' words to see whether they gave us =
the Second Amendment so we could go deer and duck hunting or, as =
Ashcroft said, to protect against tyranny in government.=20

Thomas Jefferson said: "No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. =
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear =
arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in =
government." Thomas Jefferson made himself even more explicit when he =
said: "And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are =
not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of =
resistance? Let them take arms. ... The tree of liberty must be =
refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."=20

 Writing in the Federalist Paper No.46, James Madison said, "The =
Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans =
possess over the people of almost every other nation ... (where) the =
governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." In Federalist =
Paper No. 28, Alexander Hamilton said, "If the representatives of the =
people betray their constituents, there is no recourse left but in the =
exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to =
all forms of positive government."=20

Richard Henry Lee said, "To preserve liberty it is essential that the =
whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, =
especially when young, how to use them." Tench Coxe said: "Congress have =
no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible =
implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American. ... The =
unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal =
or state governments, but, where I trust in G-d it will ever remain, in =
the hands of the people."=20

Noah Webster said, "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." George =
Washington said: "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution =
itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under =
independence." George Mason settled the question of militia by asking =
and answering: "Who are the militia? They consist of the whole people, =
except a few public officers."=20

When the history of the 20th century is finally written, one of its key =
features will be the wanton slaughter of more than 170 million people, =
not in war, but by their own government. The governments that led in =
this slaughter are the former USSR (65 million) and the Peoples Republic =
of China (35-40 million). The point to remember is that these =
governments were the idols of America's leftists. Part of reason for =
these and other tyrannical successes was because the people were first =
disarmed.=20




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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3><STRONG><EM>Walter =
Williams</EM></STRONG> <!-- author --></FONT>
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size=3D3><B>http://www.jewishworldreview.com --</B></FONT> <!-- =
attribution --><!-- BEGIN ARTICLE -->DURING last week's Senate =
confirmation=20
hearings, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., laid into President Bush's =
attorney=20
general nominee John Ashcroft about his strong support for the U.S.=20
Constitution's Second Amendment. Kennedy demanded that Ashcroft =
apologize to the=20
American people.=20
<P>For what did Kennedy think Ashcroft should apologize? In a speech, =
Ashcroft=20
said that the reason the Framers demanded a constitutional protection =
for "the=20
right of the people to keep and bear arms" was to provide a measure of=20
protection against tyranny in government.=20
<P>Kennedy demonstrated gross ignorance about the founding of our =
nation. To=20
throw such an intemperate, public hissy-fit, he must have counted on -- =
and=20
correctly so -- the ignorance of his senatorial colleagues, the news =
media and=20
most Americans.=20
<P>Ashcroft didn't bother to defend himself. He might have figured that =
Kennedy=20
and his colleagues were uneducable, and possibly feared that producing =
facts=20
would have brought on even greater ire.=20
<P>Let's you and I look at the Framers' words to see whether they gave =
us the=20
Second Amendment so we could go deer and duck hunting or, as Ashcroft =
said, to=20
protect against tyranny in government.=20
<P>Thomas Jefferson said: "No man shall ever be debarred the use of =
arms. The=20
strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear =
arms is, as=20
a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." =
Thomas=20
Jefferson made himself even more explicit when he said: "And what =
country can=20
preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, =
that=20
this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. ... =
The tree=20
of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of =
patriots and=20
tyrants."=20
<P>&nbsp;Writing in the Federalist Paper No.46, James Madison said, "The =

Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans =
possess over=20
the people of almost every other nation ... (where) the governments are =
afraid=20
to trust the people with arms." In Federalist Paper No. 28, Alexander =
Hamilton=20
said, "If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, =
there is=20
no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of =
self-defense=20
which is paramount to all forms of positive government."=20
<P>Richard Henry Lee said, "To preserve liberty it is essential that the =
whole=20
body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially =
when=20
young, how to use them." Tench Coxe said: "Congress have no power to =
disarm the=20
militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the =
soldier, are=20
the birth-right of an American. ... The unlimited power of the sword is =
not in=20
the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust =
in G-d=20
it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."=20
<P>Noah Webster said, "The supreme power in America cannot enforce =
unjust laws=20
by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and =
constitute a=20
force superior to any band of regular troops." George Washington said: =
"Firearms=20
stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the =
American=20
people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence." George Mason =
settled=20
the question of militia by asking and answering: "Who are the militia? =
They=20
consist of the whole people, except a few public officers."=20
<P>When the history of the 20th century is finally written, one of its =
key=20
features will be the wanton slaughter of more than 170 million people, =
not in=20
war, but by their own government. The governments that led in this =
slaughter are=20
the former USSR (65 million) and the Peoples Republic of China (35-40 =
million).=20
The point to remember is that these governments were the idols of =
America's=20
leftists. Part of reason for these and other tyrannical successes was =
because=20
the people were first <!-- begin nobreak for weeglobe: only last word of =
column --><NOBR>disarmed.=20
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