http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00 By Thom Hartmann, Truthout | News Analysis (Photo: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says "State" instead of "Country" (the framers knew the difference -- see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which … Continue reading The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery