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The History of Government and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Let's take a look at several thousand is a law against any knife or illegal
years of governmental disarmament of the weapon such as nail clippers, nail files
populace. Of course all the while, the or even tweezers. No I am not kidding.At
rulers, their guards and armies remained one time no knife longer than two inches
armed.The Founders of America were was allowed for any reason to English or
educated in the classic written histories Chinese subjects. There were times when
of our civilization. In fact President all knives were forbidden to the unworthy
Adams and Jefferson among others, studied ones below the Royalty and their
in numerous languages; Latin, Greek, guards.SWORDS: In later, but still
French, Italian, and Hebrew to name a few pre-Christian years -- in Egypt, Rome,
of the dozens of languages they read Greece, England, Africa, China and
in.Thomas Jefferson, the most prolific virtually all civilized countries
reader of books and letter writer of the elsewhere -- that formidable weapon the
Founders, kept copies of all his letters sword and even any large knife were taken
to and from his correspondents. His from the populace and legal ownership was
personal library was so extensive that it reserved only for Royalty.The almost
is the foundation of our Library of prehistoric legend of King Arthur is
Congress. His letters have been bound to the symbol of the Sovereignty of
assembled, typed and bound into large the Sword -- Excalibur. Something that is
volumes. The result is far larger than a not well discussed anymore is that the
couple of sets of encyclopedias. His child Arthur was not legally allowed to
letters of correspondence were even in own a sword. It was the nobility that
several languages. The copies of his own came and tried to extract the sword from
letters were made with a manual copy the stone but none could. So it was that
machine comprised of two pens; one he Arthur was one of the serfs who then rose
wrote with and the other pen, via a to lead the English. Excalibur by the way
unique mechanical arrangement, made an means Ex (coming out of) the Calibur (the
identical copy of his letter on another mold or container) -- an interesting
piece of paper. It is thought that as double meaning for the sword that came
much as 80% of his correspondence was out of the stone that contained it is
lost in fires and later with careless also Ex (without) Calibur (peer or
storage of his effects by equal). So Excalibur, perhaps the worlds
others.Jefferson studied and wrote most universally well known individual
dictionaries for a couple of dozen weapon was a symbol of Freedom (from
previously unwritten and thus uncodified containment and imprisonment even by
languages -- especially 18 languages of stone) and also a symbol of Power without
the various tribes of the American peer or equal.In many nations the sword
Indians. His fluency in other languages is still a powerful symbol of
(some say he was fluent in all written sovereignty. In England, Knighthood is
languages in print at the time of his still bestowed by touching the person
life) allowed him and interested him in with the holy sword of the Queen or King.
the study of the non-written languages of Romans were forbidden to own a sword
the Amerinds. Amerind was the general unless in the service of the State as
term used to describe the American Citizens (a Roman Citizen was a person
Indians by Anthropologists until who had sworn first allegiance to the
recently; the term was indeed meant to Roman Emperor and thus was allowed
separate native American Indians from the certain rights and privileges such as a
natives of India.It was NOT unusual that knife, sword and staff).Non-Citizens,
those educated in this country in the even lower soldiers were denied swords
1600s and 1700s were educated in several except when actually fighting in some
languages. The histories, philosophies, periods of Roman and Greek history. When
music, mathematics and classics of all not fighting a war with a sword the
known cultures were not only studied but swords were kept in the armory away from
were debated over smoke and alcohol the people.CHRISTIANS WERE NOT ALLOWED
following the dinner hour each evening in SWORDS: Christians did not grant first
educated households. The discussions held allegiance to Rome, but to Christ and
in Colonial America between friends God. Thus they were not citizens and not
regarding such subjects has been replaced allowed swords. At the time that Jesus
in our country today by debates over the Christ told his disciple to sell his
sports, movie stars, sexual activities purse and get a sword -- that was a crime
and current propaganda which we call the against the State... a felony in today's
evening news.The English were most terms.BOW AND ARROW: The bow and arrow
helpful in this as were the French and were and are a symbol of power and
Italians and MANY books were available. sovereignty too. In ancient Rome, Egypt,
Japanese, Chinese, Icelandic, Dutch, and England, China and other countries only
the several dialects of Scandinavia as Royalty and the protectors of royalty
well as Russia were a part of evening were allowed to own or use or even touch
discussions among the learned of this a bow and arrow. Archery was for the
colony.What they learned was that the elite only.The semi-mythical story of
entire history of government was a Robin Hood was about a minor Nobleman who
history of tyranny -- and that that illegally armed the common man of his
tyranny was formed and fomented upon the area with bows and arrows in defiance of
populace as a result of a division in Royal Law. Then they had the audacity to
education. The haves and have-nots of live in Sherwood Forest, owned by the
education are far more a problem than in king and shoot and eat the king's deer --
the subject of finance. It is this instead of starving to death. It was for
knowledge that led our Founders to this that Robin was deemed a criminal and
emphasize education for all our citizens. a hoodlum, that is Robin the hood, and
The masses of the past were able to be later came to act the part more
more easily subjected to tyranny as a fully.Robin Hood as a symbolic and
result of and due to lack of education, partially true story as well as the
lack of freedom of communication, and in earlier Arthurian legend symbolized war
the final gasp, the lack of a fully armed against tyranny, illegal personal
citizenry.Tyrants have always first armament and liberty for the low-man.
disarmed the public, let us studiously Archery, in the time of Robin of
notice that our Founders, all of whom Lockesly, was denied the serfs as was
were fond of being armed wherever they meat. Hunting the royal deer -- for the
went, did not mention a type of arms and State owned all land and animals was a
certainly not guns in the Constitution or felony with punishment being death.It was
it's attendant Bill of Individual not so much that Robin stole from the
Rights.Let's take a look at the history rich and gave to the poor as it was that
of disarmament and the resultant he fought tyranny and championed liberty.
tyranny.LONG STICKS: Sticks were the He symbolized what we now know as
predictably first weapon taken from the guerrilla warfare. His "Merry Men"
people; the staff was taken from the besting the King's men at every turn. The
populace by the more powerful (and bow and arrow is often depicted as a
deadlier) leaders. That protective stick symbol of sovereignty in all the ancient
-- the staff or the shorter scepter -- is countries and governments in the earliest
still a recognized symbol of sovereignty. pictures and writing. In fact in America
And the staff, just a stout stick about today we see the symbolic power of the
shoulder to head high, is still a arrow displayed in our national symbol.
formidable weapon. Even the cane, a The symbol of our country is that "noble"
shorter staff, is a good weapon and has hunter, scavenger, murderer -- the eagle
been outlawed at times (Ireland still and in it's claws are the arrows of
outlaws canes). The ancient French had a sovereignty.THE PISTOL AND THE RIFLE:
formidable form of fighting based on the These are two of the symbols of
cane (and kicking) by the name of Savate sovereignty today. In America these were
-- so did the Britts although those reserved to the people first, as an
refined Britts often refrained from individual liberty guaranteed by the Bill
kicking and often loaded that cane with a of rights, by our Founding Fathers who
sword. Many Britts still look upon the were all historians of world
cane and it's cousin a stout defensive culture.These founding scholars
umbrella as a symbol of the elite. Many determined that we should have first the
of the older gentry are still constantly freedom to communicate and secondly, that
armed with a cane or umbrella, no matter is the Second Amendment, the right to
if gimpiness or inclement weather cause protect that right of free and open
any other need of them.CLUBS: Let's go communication with the RIGHT TO KEEP AND
back earlier again to the time of the BEAR ARMS. As historians the Founders
staff and stick as weapons. As our were well aware that arms change and
distant and ancient ancestors congregated nowhere in the Constitution of America
even more into herds and clans, the are guns mentioned for good reason;
stronger took dominion even more over the weapons and symbols of sovereignty
weak, the sick and the old. Those strong change.The people of America by our
ones took on a more official leadership Constitution are deemed the Sovereigns
role -- another one of the first acts of here and the government our dangerous and
disarmament was to take the shorter CLUBS unreliable servant. However lack of
away from the populace. This club -- the education in classic literature, lack of
scepter -- remains as a symbol of education in social history, miseducation
sovereignty (supreme rule and power). A in our schools and press as well as a
big headed club was a formidable weapon lack of education in how to think -- have
even against the staff and thus the left us with an uninformed and unthinking
populace had to be disarmed of both. Even populace that is being slowly disarmed
today many Sovereigns hold the STAFF AND from the weapons of our Founders -- the
SCEPTER of RULE as a symbol of pistol and the rifle.Our government and
power.SYMBOLS OF SOVEREIGNTY: Weapons our people both have forgotten history
have always been symbols of sovereignty, and ignored it; thus each are destined to
power, and personal choice, of personal repeat it. Our people will be enslaved
defense and personal responsibility for gradually by a tyrannical government as
ones own condition. Serfs, peons, slaves has always been the case -- none of us
and the bovine populace of modern know how long it will take, but there
America; some call them "sheeple" are not have been no exceptions in the history of
allowed to be self-determined nor to keep this world.And later those in government
and bear arms -- in all of history this will be removed -- quite likely in a
is the practice. In America we formed a deadly and bloody manner by those slaves
country based on personal sovereignty -- of the state when one or a few rise up as
that is the right to rule oneself; a leaders. As Thomas Jefferson advised
unique idea in all the world and in all us... Liberty must be frequently
of history. Thus although we are creeping fertilized by the blood of tyrants and
ever down into a tyranny similar to what the people who would defy them or it
we fought against in the late 1700's -- dies.Pistols and Guns are a symbol of
with the citizenry being disarmed in personal sovereignty in America as
every way possible -- we do not allow our nowhere else in the world. We should be
"leaders" to carry a staff or scepter as looking to even more modern weaponry if
a symbol of that "leadership".KNIVES were we could afford it. However the best
man's most basic tool that elevated him disarmament of the populace that has ever
from other animals. Even monkeys use been done is here in America where only
sticks and clubs -- but not knives. the government can afford the most
Knives, especially the double edged powerful of the modern weapons of war...
dagger or the larger short sword were and tanks, rockets, bombs, planes and all the
are also symbols of sovereignty. In the computerized intelligence and record
ancient texts, even in some of the later keeping to keep the people down.In our
cave pictographs and the earliest Founders time the individually sovereign
Egyptian depictions -- knives of many citizen had better weapons than the
sizes and short swords symbolized the governments armies and that was the way
Kings and Sovereigns who determined and they planned our country to continue...
directed the lives and livelihood of the with the populace heavily armed against
lower populace according to the tyrants within and without our nation. It
Sovereign's will.Weapons have always been was always the intention that Sovereign
a symbol of sovereignty and those without individuals would be armed with the
weapons are always the subjects, the latest and the best of arms and that the
serfs and the vassals of those with the army, in time of war, would gather what
arms and power over them. In feudal they could of men and weapons to defend
England there were numerous laws about our nation when need be.Civilization has
the length of knife that a serf might never been tame nor safe; however as
own. At one time the longest blade observed over time, a well armed
allowed was less than four inches at citizenry, where everyone is suspect of
times even shorter. In most of America being always armed and dangerous -- that
today there is a law against a knife of society is certainly a far more polite
four inches or more. In our schools there society.




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