Why Frederick Douglass, JFK, and Sam Adams Saw the Second Amendment as a Right That Preserves All Others

"The battle for American freedom was begun by the thousands of farmers and tradesmen who made up the Minute Mencitizens who were ready to defend their liberty at a moment's notice," John F. Kennedy observed in a famous 1961 address. "Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life."