Our Second Amendment has always been about liberty first

The right to bear arms has always been about liberty, and many are beginning to see in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine. https://t.co/wnO8LDfHOU

— FEE (@feeonline) February 25, 2022

FEE’s Jon Miltimore writes, “As some astute observers pointed out on social media, the Second Amendment was never ‘about hunting’ or even self-defense (in a civil sense). It was always about liberty…

These sentiments were echoed decades later by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States.

‘The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers,’ Story wrote, ‘and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.’

It’s wonderful that Ukrainian officials finally sought to extend the full, natural right to bear arms to their people. The only tragedy is that it took so long.”

Read the entire column.