The Second Amendment Has Come a Long Way
Peloni: Gun rights are a hallowed gift, stemming from English Common Law and enshrined in the US Constitution as the Second Amendment and affirmed in the US as described so well in Janet’s brilliant essay below. Being able to defend one’s self, one’s loved ones, one’s community and one’s nation without the dependency upon state security or the armed forces provides the individual with a sense of sovereign influence upon protecting the right of dignity of men. Jews in particular should always avail themselves of these protective measures to the limit of the law, be they in America, or in Israel, or somewhere else. Notably, it is all too often that a terrorist in Israel is subdued by the incidental presence of an armed civilian with the means to do what needs doing in order to protect themselves and the innocents surrounding them from certain harm. Knowledge of fire arm safety, utility and responsibility, alongside a dedication to defend those things most precious to us all, should be used to raise attention and support for gun rights among people in general, but the relative Jewish populations in particular, especially in an age in which we have come to be familiar with the scenes such took place on Bondi Beach to serve as reference to what comes from having one gun too few to stop a public slaughter from taken place right in front of us. In the age of expanding Jew Hatred bathing the world in the wake of October 7, I am recalled of the phrase, “Every Jew a .22″, a phrase from another age and penned by Rabbi Meir Kahane. What is considered by many to be a scandalous concept, ie a Jew capable and armed for of self defense, this phrase never lost its relevance, but it has never been so relevant as it stands today.
Over the decades, it’s become increasingly clear: the Second Amendment recognizes an individual right to bear arms.
Am Thinker | February 3, 2026
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Over the past twenty years, the interpretation of the Second Amendment—which guarantees American citizens the right to bear arms—has been shaped by many significant cases. What is clear through all of them is the strong acknowledgment of the citizen’s right to bear arms as an individual right. Right-to-carry laws, whether enacted by state or federal agencies, have had to respect the importance of this individual right.
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