text: My forefathers fought for American independence in the actual Revolution.  Be it noted, the Revolution was fought with firearms and the first shots were fired when the Brits foolishly tried to seize the arms of the colonists.  
  
  The foundation of the Second Amendment is that citizens here are sovereign, not the government, which was intended to be subservient.  
  
  We do not need, or appreciate, advice from a member of the House of Lords on the meaning of our founding charters, much less on what measures ought to be adopted here to eliminate our civil right to do what freemen have always done:  keep and bear arms.