Letter: Second Amendment matters more than ever – Quad-City Times

I'd always taken my Second Amendment rights for granted. Then Obama came along with his statement they cling to their guns and bibles referring, of course, to flyover country. I went to a gun store and there he was, a half size Obama with a notation Employee of the Month. I went home with a 9 mm.

The words: the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed couldn't be more specific. It is a shame that citizens need laws to protect them against the central government, but we do.

The present denizen of the White House would disarm us in the drop of a hat if it weren't for the 2nd Amendment. Iowa recently added the 2nd Amendment to the state Constitution, becoming the third state to do so. Eighteen additional states now have laws declaring themselves gun sanctuaries. The majority of counties in the U.S. have passed gun sanctuary laws. In Illinois, 80 of its sheriffs refuse to prosecute Pritzkers new gun law.

Why is it so important today? In the 20th Century specifically, 80% of the world's murder victims were victims of their own government. This Is the number of innocent people murdered by governments. Are You anti-state yet? In addition to Stalin and Mao, dozens of tin pot tyrants, e.g., Pol Pot, Edi Amin, casually murdered in the guise of discipline. Disarming the populace is a necessary and sufficient act to achieve tyranny.

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