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Originally Posted by
Airhoss
The 2nd amendment is the one amendment that guaranties the rest of them.
How so?
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government" - DOI
The founding fathers knew what they were talking about when they set this whole shin-dig up. History is replete with governments that have overreached. It is, in fact, the norm, not the exception.
Best to have the 2nd amendment to give tyrannical governments (even "soft" tyranny), pause.