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The Second Amendment, Like The Rest Of The Bill Of Rights, Was Meant To Inhibit Only The Federal Government, Not The States. The Framers, As The Federalist Papers Attest (see No. 28), Saw The State Militias As Forces That Might Be Summoned Into Action Against The Federal Government Itself, If It Became Tyrannical.

Freedom Has Ceased To Be A Birthright; It Has Come To Mean Whatever We Are Still Permitted To Do.

De-christianizing America Has Been High On The Progressive Agenda, And, Thanks To The Government (especially The Federal Courts), It Has Been A Great Success. Nor Can We Overlook The Contribution Of The Entertainment Industry, Which Now Determines What Passes For 'culture.' The Main Practical Vehicle Of De-christianization Has Been The Sexual Revolution. A Few Radicals Have Called For The Abolition Of The Family, But Most Liberals Have Been More Discreet, Avoiding Hostile Rhetoric While Quietly But Constantly Pursuing Policies That Result In Lower Birthrates And Fatherless Children.

Freedom Is Coming To Mean Little More Than The Right To Ask Permission.

A Christian Can Believe That God 'ordained' The 'powers That Be' - Including Political Rulers And Slaveholders - For Purposes Too Deep For Us To Understand Fully, And That While They Last We Must Provisionally Accept Them; But That They Were Not Meant To Last Forever.