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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Amendment I - Constitution of the United States of America |
The very next Amendment (#2) guarantees our right to own and carry guns. Why on earth would they have felt that to be important? For hunting? For target-practice? For a hobby, perhaps? |
It has, my countrymen, come down to this: |
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson, 1798. |