Shortly after the turn of 1600, English settlers began to arrive in a new land called America, bringing with them their culture, Christian faith and also their guns. They came because they had grown tired of being under the constant pressure of their King and the Anglican Church, better known as the Church of England.

Fast forward 170 years the abuses the colonies endured had come to a climax over the King’s rule and the constant intrusions they had to endure. Following are some of the 27 grievances that drove a Revolutionary war from an all-powerful central government and King when listed in the American Declaration of Independence –





For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:


For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:


For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences






Years after the Revolutionary war and dissolving the Confederation of States, which was formed shortly after the Declaration of Independence, it was decided to create another instrument known as the United States Constitution.

It goes without saying why such a common natural right to protect ourselves, such as the Second Amendment, had to be written into our “Bill Of Rights”, the right to keep and bear arms, which warned our government that “We The People” set-up to not infringed on that natural right or the others listed. The Second Amendment is part of the “Bill of Rights” and it was a declaration by the sovereign people that these natural rights as well as the other natural rights listed are not to be violated in any way by a government entity, be it national, state, county or local. There is, I believe, another purpose for the Second Amendment, which serves as a warning to the Federal Government, “We are armed and we will not suffer a long train of abuses or government tyranny” again.

It should also be clearly understood that the “Bill of Rights” was not a declaration to grant rights from any part of government, each individual owns those rights as listed in the “Bill of Rights”.

The Gifford law Center lists the various federal and state requirements in order to own a firearm, however the U.S. Constitution lists no such requirement for our natural rights and the Constitution also declares Supremacy over States when specific laws/natural rights are listed in the U.S. Constitution. The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is just one of our natural rights –

Second Amendment


A blind man can clearly see that all gun laws and restrictions are unconstitutional and violate the people’s natural individual right to keep and bear arms. 

However, in March of 2018 the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit in federal court against Florida’s newest age restriction on the right to buy or own a firearm.

What had happened so long ago during the revolutionary war is well on the road to repeating itself once again by one restriction at a time, just as the King of Britain did. Many already know why such restrictions are under way and it is not to save lives, it is to disarm and conquer a free people, because it has already been proven, more guns actually do save lives.

Now, you know.

For Further Insight:

The Bill of Rights

Phil Davis served in the USAF from 1973-1993 and most of it was working in Command and Control at Strategic Air Command (SAC) and United States Air Forces Europe USAFE, while his two best assignments was working at HQ 8AF Command Center from 1984-1989 at Barksdale AFB, with a one year assignment serving with the 485 Tactical Missile Wing, Ground Launch Cruise Missiles in Belgium during 1986-1987. Phil has been writing on political issues since 1993, including a run with the Examiner prior to 2013. It was just after that when he started his own blog where he has written on various subjects about a myriad of topics related to our country's political environment and the rediscovery of American Patriotism.