There is a movement by anti-gunners to paint the Second Amendment as racist. The theory attempts to connect the 'Slave Patrols' and threats of slave rebellion as the ONLY reason for its existence. This is too much not to respond to.

I won't bore you with specific examples, as I do not believe that they justify any credit, however, if you Google you will find many very recent examples. Actually as shocking number of hits are returned.

To say that the Amendment was entirely focused on the preservation of slavery is a twisting of truth. They also attempt to tie the militia (and the States) into this perversion. Remember that the Continental (standing) Army was DISBANDED after the War. Perhaps the Militias served more function than 'enforce' slavery? But it makes a convenient argument for anti-gunners trying to discredit both the Militia and the 2nd Amendment.

Madison, who was charged with compiling the Bill of Rights (from thousands of requests), said that the Second Amendment was second in importance to only the First. The order is undeniably specific. The Second Amendment is the teeth of the Bill of Rights. Doubt his resolve?

"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244)

What's worse is that many of these articles specifically tie the 10th Amendment (States' Rights) into their argument. So now States' Rights is racist too? Funny how the Left is all about States' Rights/Home Rule when they are not in power. Now that they hold the White House and Senate, suddenly, this concept is 'racist'? How convenient and hypocritical.

If you are not afraid of this rebranding, you should be -- How long is it until they attack the Constitution itself as being 'racist'?

Outrageous? I have seen postings and articles saying that the Founders themselves were racist and therefore the work they did is invalid! There was that whole "3/5 Compromise" (of course repealed) in the Constitution also.

Make no mistake -- there is a movement against the Constitution. Watch the media -- see how many "news" articles type it as 'constitution' (lower case 'c' -- like it is a generic concept, or one of many constitutions) instead of 'Constitution' as in THE U.S. Constitution -- the one and only -- the Supreme Law of the Land. These people are (supposedly) writers. They know the difference between capitalizing the C or not.

We must be vigilant now, more than ever. Please contact your legislators at all levels. I don't know who said it, but it is often repeated and true:

If the Second falls, so shall the rest...