[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 28508]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          REMEMBER THAT SECOND AMENDMENT IS RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS

  (Mr. METCALF asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, let us go back to the founding of our 
Nation. Why were the British soldiers marching toward Lexington and 
Concord in the darkness of April 18, 1775? Because they had heard 
correctly that the colonists were stockpiling guns and ammunition.
  The colonists had been trying to work out their problems with the 
king. But when the British moved to take away their guns, they went to 
war.
  When the amendments were added to the Constitution, first amendment 
of course a priority, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. But 
what is the second amendment, the right to keep and bear arms shall not 
be infringed. Let us remember that.

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