JANUARY 19, 2013 1:06PM  You want some Founding Fathers
literalism? Okay...  Rate: 2 Flag    The NRA website has a page
devoted to the history and meaning of the Second Amendment.  The
articles go into great detail on the thinking that went into its
creation, and the meaning of almost every word in the amendment.
The NRA claims that, “To understand the true meaning of the
Second Amendment, it is important to understand the men who
wrote and ratified it, and the issues they faced in creating the
Constitution.”  To this end, the article goes into depth on the
definitions of “right,” “militia,” “well regulated militia,”
keep and bear…,”  Everything goes back to what the Founding
Fathers understood, what they intended, what they actually might
have meant, and why they thought the way they did.  Rightwing
'religious' commitment to the Founders can become so extreme
that it leads to intellectual blackouts such as Michele
Bachmann’s claim that the founding fathers abolished slavery, or
Sarah Palin’s insistence tha