2nd Amendment quote - the founding fathers certainly DID intend for every armed citizen to "check" government tyranny

Submitted by kdalons on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 08:37.
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States." --Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787