Correct.
The men who founded this country (incorrectly, sadly) assumed that no one would ever be dumb enough to think that one did *not* have the right to defend oneself.
It is one of the very few abject failures in our founding documents.
The ethos of the time, the sheer necessity made the very idea so alien to those men that they completely missed just how much some people believe they have the right to control others.
I mean, the *entire* Constitution is a clearly defined rejection of the very concept that one man can control another without his consent, but they really underestimated the depths to which some will sink in the attempt to gain power over others.CAgunsFrgty<div class=”md”><p>Correct.</p>
<p>The men who founded this country (incorrectly, sadly) assumed that no one would ever be dumb enough to think that one did <em>not</em> have the right to defend oneself.</p>
<p>It is one of the very few abject failures in our founding documents.</p>
<p>The ethos of the time, the sheer necessity made the very idea so alien to those men that they completely missed just how much some people believe they have the right to control others.</p>
<p>I mean, the <em>entire</em> Constitution is a clearly defined rejection of the very concept that one man can control another without his consent, but they really underestimated the depths to which some will sink in the attempt to gain power over others.</p>
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