JFK: Lifetime NRA Member, Second Amendment Defender by AWR Hawkins 18 Nov 2013 With the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedys (JFK) assassination drawing near, various aspects of his life and presidency are being recounted. Among these, two aspects that are not getting the attention they deserve are his lifetime membership in the NRA and his defense of the Second Amendment. According to the Washington Post, JFK was one of eight U.S. presidents to have been lifetime members [of the NRA]. The others were Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Dwight D. Eisenhower... Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. Kennedy stands out as the only Democrat on that list. In April 1960, JFK said our founding fathers used phrases like a well regulated militia and the security of the nation, as well as the right of each citizen to keep and bear arms, to show the essentially civilian nature of our economy. He posited fears of governmental tyranny as the impetus which gave rise to the Second Amendment to begin with. And although he believed it unlikely that such tyranny [would] ever be a major danger to our nation, he said the Second Amendment will always be important.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:41:57 +0000
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