OFF: Founding dad dudes, and guns

[M Holmes]

Meant to look something up for Jon Jarrett on this. What with trying to
hire 8 new evil henchmen and keep up with the long-awaited bursting of
the global credit bubble, so little time to spare...

Anyway, here's a start:

http://www.lizmichael.com/founding.htm

Short form: they wanted folks to have guns to shoot the British, the
government, and pretty much anyone else who wanted to take liberties
with liberty.

FoFP