Why is the 1st amendment First?
Sometimes called the right of conscience, it protects all from action by government to control our thoughtful independence and prohibits the government from supporting any one faith or personal belief over others.
Why is 2nd amendment Second? To protect the First amendment!
Abundant historical evidence indicates that the Second Amendment was meant to leave citizens with the ability to defend themselves against unlawful violence. Such threats might come from usurpers of governmental power, but they might also come from criminals whom the government is unwilling or unable to control.
The perennial gun-control debate ni America did not begin here. The same arguments for and against were made in the 1920s in the chaos of
Germany's Weimar Republic, which opted for gun registration. Law-abiding persons complied with the law, but the Communists and Nazis committing acts of political violence did not.
https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2019/01-201910313-04Handout.pdf
Why is the 1st amendment First? Sometimes called the right of conscience, it protects all from action by government to control our thoughtful independence and prohibits the government from supporting any one faith or personal belief over others. Why is 2nd amendment Second? To protect the First amendment! Abundant historical evidence indicates that the Second Amendment was meant to leave citizens with the ability to defend themselves against unlawful violence. Such threats might come from usurpers of governmental power, but they might also come from criminals whom the government is unwilling or unable to control. The perennial gun-control debate ni America did not begin here. The same arguments for and against were made in the 1920s in the chaos of Germany's Weimar Republic, which opted for gun registration. Law-abiding persons complied with the law, but the Communists and Nazis committing acts of political violence did not. https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2019/01-201910313-04Handout.pdf
Thank you for the link. The Founding Fathers saw this coming in the future and were prepared.