The dark history behind the Second Amendment - Connecticut Post
The above words were ratified four years before the Bill of Rights, which included the Second Amendment. So why the Second Amendment? The fact of the matter was that the Anti-Federalists, who wanted a weaker federal government, viewed the concentration of power at the federal level as inimical to individual rights, but more importantly, the Anti-Federalist also feared that the federal government, as defined in the Constitution, could use the militia to end slavery.
The above words were ratified four years before the Bill of Rights, which included the Second Amendment. So why the Second Amendment? The fact of the matter was that the Anti-Federalists, who wanted a weaker federal government, viewed the concentration of power at the federal level as inimical to individual rights, but more importantly, the Anti-Federalist also feared that the federal government, as defined in the Constitution, could use the militia to end slavery.
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