Exactly what was the intent and purpose behind the framers of the Constitution including the second Amendment in the Bill of Rights???
At the time the Constitution was being written only 9 states were willing to ratify it without a Bill of Rights.
The common fear was that government would become like those of Europe, setting up a King, Emperor or Dictator.
Alexander Hamilton confirmed this in Federalist Papers No. 29, he wrote,
"Since the fear of the people was that the federal army would usurp the people’s liberty, it makes sense that the intent is for the people to be allowed to keep and bear arms at all times".
James Madison wrote the bill of rights, and in the Federalist paper 46 he explained the intent and purpose of the Second Amendment.
Here's a short exert:
"Extravagant as the supposition is, let it however be made. Let a regular army, fully equal to the resources of the country, be formed; and let it be entirely at the devotion of the federal government; still it would not be going too far to say, that the State governments, with the people on their side, would be able to repel the danger.
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of".
Alexander Hamilton also wrote,
"if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist."
The Framers of the Constitution envisioned a time when the citizens might have to fight against their own government in order to keep their liberties.
The right to keep and bear arms of the second Amendment is not so much about personal defense as it is the "Backbone" of a "National Strategy" written within the Constitution for armed citizens to be the ultimate "National Defense" of their Country, Constitution, Government and freedoms.
Personal weapons capable of fighting such war are a necessary part of that defense.
James Madison noted that the power of government had granted the liberties in the Magna Carta, however,America had set the example of liberty granting the power of Government.
The liberty of the people had granted their own freedoms, and the power of government to govern, however with Government restricted to those areas "Enumerated" and without any authority to legislate within the areas of the "Bill of Rights" citizens had gave themselves.
This interpretation was affirmed by the Supreme Court decision in Miranda vs. Arizona.
“When rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them. [Miranda v. Arizona, 384 US 436, 491.]
Clearly the framers of the Constitution intended for Citizens to keep all contained in the Bill of Rights for as long as the Nation and Constitution existed, and no government given the authority to legislate them away from citizens.
All legislation against anything in the Bill of Rights is a clear violation of the authority given to either State or Federal Governments.
Only the People has the power to make any changes to the Constitution and then only by "Amendments to the Constitution".
The Bill of Rights was never meant to be interpreted differently from State to State, but one interpretation across all States.
Red Flag laws also violate Amendment 14 in denying Rights by due process of law, by seizing gun on "Suspicion" of future crimes when no crime has been committed.
In the decision of Davis v. Wechsler, the court stated:
"The assertion of federal rights, when plainly and reasonably made, is not to be defeated under the name of local practice". [Davis v. Wechsler, 263 US 22, 24.]”
America doesn't have a "Nobility class", Citizens must suffer the same "jeopardy of life" as Law enforcement and the Military to secure our Rights.
As well meaning as these laws are, they're still a violation of the authority granted Governments.
