Re: 2nd Amendment ---- and other superfluous provisions
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Yes, the 2nd amendment is so simple, it is there to ensure that we the people have the ability to change or overthrow the the government if the need should arrise. Jefferson made this clear in the Declaration of Independence also.
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I don't think they wanted to encourage rebellion. They had just thrown off British imperial rule. Under the Articles of Confederation, there was a very weak central government. The Bill of Rights was intended to answer fears about the new federal government. If the people had access to arms and military training, it served as a check on the federal government. There was a limit to what it could get away with doing.
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