Teeth of the Constitution

"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."

The Second Amendment is arguably the most important: it is the "teeth" of our Constitution.

As Thomas Jefferson said, "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States
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  • Sunday, January 29, 2006

    Self Defense a Privilege, not a Right in the State of Wisconsin

    I was reading through the Senate Bill SB 403 on concealed carry today, and came across the following in Section 37:

    2. Instruction on the privilege of self-defense and the defense of others under s.939.48

    The privilege of self-defense?? I thought that was our right! So I looked it up here, and found out that sure enough, the State considers it a privilege to defend yourself.

    After reading through s.939.48 it seems that the intent was to make it clear that if you provoke someone into attacking you you can't claim self defense as part of your legal defense. That makes sense, but it really bothers me that the idiots in Madison didn't word it differently - that we have the right to defend ourselves, but we can't claim self-defense if we provoke the attack.

    The next section (s.939.49) uses the same flawed logic in defending property - that it's a privilege, not a right.

    Makes you wonder how many more of your rights the politicians in Madison turned into privileges...

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