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

Let's take a look at several thousand yearsagainst any knife or illegal weapon such as
of governmental disarmament of the populace.nail clippers, nail files or even tweezers.
Of course all the while, the rulers, theirNo I am not kidding.At one time no knife
guards and armies remained armed.The Founderslonger than two inches was allowed for any
of America were educated in the classicreason to English or Chinese subjects. There
written histories of our civilization. Inwere times when all knives were forbidden to
fact President Adams and Jefferson amongthe unworthy ones below the Royalty and their
others, studied in numerous languages; Latin,guards.SWORDS: In later, but still
Greek, French, Italian, and Hebrew to name apre-Christian years -- in Egypt, Rome,
few of the dozens of languages they readGreece, England, Africa, China and virtually
in.Thomas Jefferson, the most prolific readerall civilized countries elsewhere -- that
of books and letter writer of the Founders,formidable weapon the sword and even any
kept copies of all his letters to and fromlarge knife were taken from the populace and
his correspondents. His personal library waslegal ownership was reserved only for
so extensive that it is the foundation of ourRoyalty.The almost prehistoric legend of King
Library of Congress. His letters have beenArthur is bound to the symbol of the
assembled, typed and bound into largeSovereignty of the Sword -- Excalibur.
volumes. The result is far larger than aSomething that is not well discussed anymore
couple of sets of encyclopedias. His lettersis that the child Arthur was not legally
of correspondence were even in severalallowed to own a sword. It was the nobility
languages. The copies of his own letters werethat came and tried to extract the sword from
made with a manual copy machine comprised ofthe stone but none could. So it was that
two pens; one he wrote with and the otherArthur was one of the serfs who then rose to
pen, via a unique mechanical arrangement,lead the English. Excalibur by the way means
made an identical copy of his letter onEx (coming out of) the Calibur (the mold or
another piece of paper. It is thought that ascontainer) -- an interesting double meaning
much as 80% of his correspondence was lost infor the sword that came out of the stone that
fires and later with careless storage of hiscontained it is also Ex (without) Calibur
effects by others.Jefferson studied and wrote(peer or equal). So Excalibur, perhaps the
dictionaries for a couple of dozen previouslyworlds most universally well known individual
unwritten and thus uncodified languages --weapon was a symbol of Freedom (from
especially 18 languages of the various tribescontainment and imprisonment even by stone)
of the American Indians. His fluency in otherand also a symbol of Power without peer or
languages (some say he was fluent in allequal.In many nations the sword is still a
written languages in print at the time of hispowerful symbol of sovereignty. In England,
life) allowed him and interested him in theKnighthood is still bestowed by touching the
study of the non-written languages of theperson with the holy sword of the Queen or
Amerinds. Amerind was the general term usedKing. Romans were forbidden to own a sword
to describe the American Indians byunless in the service of the State as
Anthropologists until recently; the term wasCitizens (a Roman Citizen was a person who
indeed meant to separate native Americanhad sworn first allegiance to the Roman
Indians from the natives of India.It was NOTEmperor and thus was allowed certain rights
unusual that those educated in this countryand privileges such as a knife, sword and
in the 1600s and 1700s were educated instaff).Non-Citizens, even lower soldiers were
several languages. The histories,denied swords except when actually fighting
philosophies, music, mathematics and classicsin some periods of Roman and Greek history.
of all known cultures were not only studiedWhen not fighting a war with a sword the
but were debated over smoke and alcoholswords were kept in the armory away from the
following the dinner hour each evening inpeople.CHRISTIANS WERE NOT ALLOWED SWORDS:
educated households. The discussions held inChristians did not grant first allegiance to
Colonial America between friends regardingRome, but to Christ and God. Thus they were
such subjects has been replaced in ournot citizens and not allowed swords. At the
country today by debates over sports, movietime that Jesus the Christ told his disciple
stars, sexual activities and currentto sell his purse and get a sword -- that was
propaganda which we call the evening news.Thea crime against the State... a felony in
English were most helpful in this as were thetoday's terms.BOW AND ARROW: The bow and
French and Italians and MANY books werearrow were and are a symbol of power and
available. Japanese, Chinese, Icelandic,sovereignty too. In ancient Rome, Egypt,
Dutch, and the several dialects ofEngland, China and other countries only
Scandinavia as well as Russia were a part ofRoyalty and the protectors of royalty were
evening discussions among the learned of thisallowed to own or use or even touch a bow and
colony.What they learned was that the entirearrow. Archery was for the elite only.The
history of government was a history ofsemi-mythical story of Robin Hood was about a
tyranny -- and that that tyranny was formedminor Nobleman who illegally armed the common
and fomented upon the populace as a result ofman of his area with bows and arrows in
a division in education. The haves anddefiance of Royal Law. Then they had the
have-nots of education are far more a problemaudacity to live in Sherwood Forest, owned by
than in the subject of finance. It is thisthe king and shoot and eat the king's deer --
knowledge that led our Founders to emphasizeinstead of starving to death. It was for this
education for all our citizens. The masses ofthat Robin was deemed a criminal and a
the past were able to be more easilyhoodlum, that is Robin the hood, and later
subjected to tyranny as a result of and duecame to act the part more fully.Robin Hood as
to lack of education, lack of freedom ofa symbolic and partially true story as well
communication, and in the final gasp, theas the earlier Arthurian legend symbolized
lack of a fully armed citizenry.Tyrants havewar against tyranny, illegal personal
always first disarmed the public, let usarmament and liberty for the low-man.
studiously notice that our Founders, all ofArchery, in the time of Robin of Lockesly,
whom were fond of being armed wherever theywas denied the serfs as was meat. Hunting the
went, did not mention a type of arms androyal deer -- for the State owned all land
certainly not guns in the Constitution orand animals was a felony with punishment
it's attendant Bill of Individualbeing death.It was not so much that Robin
Rights.Let's take a look at the history ofstole from the rich and gave to the poor as
disarmament and the resultant tyranny.LONGit was that he fought tyranny and championed
STICKS: Sticks were the predictably firstliberty. He symbolized what we now know as
weapon taken from the people; the staff wasguerrilla warfare. His "Merry Men" besting
taken from the populace by the more powerfulthe King's men at every turn. The bow and
(and deadlier) leaders. That protective stickarrow is often depicted as a symbol of
-- the staff or the shorter scepter -- issovereignty in all the ancient countries and
still a recognized symbol of sovereignty. Andgovernments in the earliest pictures and
the staff, just a stout stick about shoulderwriting. In fact in America today we see the
to head high, is still a formidable weapon.symbolic power of the arrow displayed in our
Even the cane, a shorter staff, is a goodnational symbol. The symbol of our country is
weapon and has been outlawed at timesthat "noble" hunter, scavenger, murderer --
(Ireland still outlaws canes). The ancientthe eagle and in it's claws are the arrows of
French had a formidable form of fightingsovereignty.THE PISTOL AND THE RIFLE: These
based on the cane (and kicking) by the nameare two of the symbols of sovereignty today.
of Savate -- so did the Britts although thoseIn America these were reserved to the people
refined Britts often refrained from kickingfirst, as an individual liberty guaranteed by
and often loaded that cane with a sword. Manythe Bill of rights, by our Founding Fathers
Britts still look upon the cane and it'swho were all historians of world
cousin a stout defensive umbrella as a symbolculture.These founding scholars determined
of the elite. Many of the older gentry arethat we should have first the freedom to
still constantly armed with a cane orcommunicate and secondly, that is the Second
umbrella, no matter if gimpiness or inclementAmendment, the right to protect that right of
weather cause any other need of them.CLUBS:free and open communication with the RIGHT TO
Let's go back earlier again to the time ofKEEP AND BEAR ARMS. As historians the
the staff and stick as weapons. As ourFounders were well aware that arms change and
distant and ancient ancestors congregatednowhere in the Constitution of America are
even more into herds and clans, the strongerguns mentioned for good reason; weapons and
took dominion even more over the weak, thesymbols of sovereignty change.The people of
sick and the old. Those strong ones took on aAmerica by our Constitution are deemed the
more official leadership role -- another oneSovereigns here and the government our
of the first acts of disarmament was to takedangerous and unreliable servant. However
the shorter CLUBS away from the populace.lack of education in classic literature, lack
This club -- the scepter -- remains as aof education in social history, miseducation
symbol of sovereignty (supreme rule andin our schools and press as well as a lack of
power). A big headed club was a formidableeducation in how to think -- have left us
weapon even against the staff and thus thewith an uninformed and unthinking populace
populace had to be disarmed of both. Eventhat is being slowly disarmed from the
today many Sovereigns hold the STAFF ANDweapons of our Founders -- the pistol and the
SCEPTER of RULE as a symbol of power.SYMBOLSrifle.Our government and our people both have
OF SOVEREIGNTY: Weapons have always beenforgotten history and ignored it; thus each
symbols of sovereignty, power, and personalare destined to repeat it. Our people will be
choice, of personal defense and personalenslaved gradually by a tyrannical government
responsibility for ones own condition. Serfs,as has always been the case -- none of us
peons, slaves and the bovine populace ofknow how long it will take, but there have
modern America; some call them "sheeple" arebeen no exceptions in the history of this
not allowed to be self-determined nor to keepworld.And later those in government will be
and bear arms -- in all of history this isremoved -- quite likely in a deadly and
the practice. In America we formed a countrybloody manner by those slaves of the state
based on personal sovereignty -- that is thewhen one or a few rise up as leaders. As
right to rule oneself; a unique idea in allThomas Jefferson advised us... Liberty must
the world and in all of history. Thusbe frequently fertilized by the blood of
although we are creeping ever down into atyrants and the people who would defy them or
tyranny similar to what we fought against init dies.Pistols and Guns are a symbol of
the late 1700's -- with the citizenry beingpersonal sovereignty in America as nowhere
disarmed in every way possible -- we do notelse in the world. We should be looking to
allow our "leaders" to carry a staff oreven more modern weaponry if we could afford
scepter as a symbol of thatit. However the best disarmament of the
"leadership".KNIVES were man's most basicpopulace that has ever been done is here in
tool that elevated him from other animals.America where only the government can afford
Even monkeys use sticks and clubs -- but notthe most powerful of the modern weapons of
knives. Knives, especially the double edgedwar... tanks, rockets, bombs, planes and all
dagger or the larger short sword were and arethe computerized intelligence and record
also symbols of sovereignty. In the ancientkeeping to keep the people down.In our
texts, even in some of the later caveFounders time the individually sovereign
pictographs and the earliest Egyptiancitizen had better weapons than the
depictions -- knives of many sizes and shortgovernments armies and that was the way they
swords symbolized the Kings and Sovereignsplanned our country to continue... with the
who determined and directed the lives andpopulace heavily armed against tyrants within
livelihood of the lower populace according toand without our nation. It was always the
the Sovereign's will.Weapons have always beenintention that Sovereign individuals would be
a symbol of sovereignty and those withoutarmed with the latest and the best of arms
weapons are always the subjects, the serfsand that the army, in time of war, would
and the vassals of those with the arms andgather what they could of men and weapons to
power over them. In feudal England there weredefend our nation when need be.Civilization
numerous laws about the length of knife thathas never been tame nor safe; however as
a serf might own. At one time the longestobserved over time, a well armed citizenry,
blade allowed was less than four inches atwhere everyone is suspect of being always
times even shorter. In most of America todayarmed and dangerous -- that society is
there is a law against a knife of four inchescertainly a far more polite society.
or more. In our schools there is a law



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