“Self-defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish.”
That’s how the great Mercy Otis Warren put it. But this wasn’t just a philosophical view for the Founders and Old Revolutionaries. They knew an armed society was essential to preserving liberty – because they lived it firsthand.
In fact, it was one of the most critical gifts they passed down to us.
Natural Rights: A Gift
The Founders grounded their defense of an armed citizenry in the principle of natural rights. As the Declaration of Independence famously declares:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” […]
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