vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl vti_timelastmodified:TR|09 Dec 2014 21:26:14 -0000 vti_extenderversion:SR|5.0.2.6790 vti_shadowfiles:VX| vti_cacheddtm:TX|09 Dec 2014 21:26:14 -0000 vti_filesize:IR|44898 vti_cachedtitle:SR|Scottish and English religious roots of right to arms vti_cachedbodystyle:SR| vti_cachedlinkinfo:VX|G|../300WideSecondAmendmentLayout.dwt Q|../styles.css Q|../mobile.css X|../mobile2.css H|/DK_favicon.ico Q|../TOC.css H|http://davekopel.org S|../images/iilogo.jpg H|http://www.bridges23.com H|Religious-Roots-of-the-American-Revolution.pdf K|../Religion.htm H|http://www.constitution.org/jl/tolerati.htm H|http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php S|http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js H|http://www.davekopel.org/feed.xml S|../images/RSSbutton.gif H|http://twitter.com/davekopel H|https://secure.piryx.com/donate/bZUxtVlE/Dave-Kopel/ H|https://secure.piryx.com/donate/bZUxtVlE/Dave-Kopel/ S|https://secure.piryx.com/images/donation-btns/neutral-medium.gif vti_cachedsvcrellinks:VX|FGUS|300WideSecondAmendmentLayout.dwt NQUS|styles.css FQUS|mobile.css FXUS|mobile2.css FHUS|DK_favicon.ico FQUS|TOC.css NHHS|http://davekopel.org FSUS|images/iilogo.jpg NHHS|http://www.bridges23.com FHUS|Religion/Religious-Roots-of-the-American-Revolution.pdf FHUS|Religion.htm NHHS|http://www.constitution.org/jl/tolerati.htm NHHS|http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php NSHS|http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js NHHS|http://www.davekopel.org/feed.xml FSUS|images/RSSbutton.gif NHHS|http://twitter.com/davekopel NHSS|https://secure.piryx.com/donate/bZUxtVlE/Dave-Kopel/ NHSS|https://secure.piryx.com/donate/bZUxtVlE/Dave-Kopel/ NSSS|https://secure.piryx.com/images/donation-btns/neutral-medium.gif vti_cachedneedsrewrite:BR|true vti_cachedhasbots:BR|true vti_cachedhastheme:BR|false vti_cachedhasborder:BR|false vti_botnavbits:SW| vti_botlinkbars:VW|S|sid:1001 vti_botnavbarthemes:VR| vti_botnavbarfeatures:VR|s vti_error0:SX|Page "Religion/Scottish.htm" contains an unknown FrontPage component: "Script". vti_error:IX|1 vti_metatags:VR|viewport width=device-width,\\ initial-scale=1.0,\\ maximum-scale=2.0,\\ user-scalable=yes HTTP-EQUIV=Content-Language en-us HTTP-EQUIV=Content-Type text/html;\\ charset=windows-1252 keywords David\\ Kopel description Many\\ twenty-first\\ century\\ Americans\\ believe\\ that\\ they\\ have\\ a\\ God-given\\ right\\ to\\ possess\\ arms\\ as\\ a\\ last\\ resort\\ against\\ tyranny.\\ One\\ of\\ the\\ most\\ important\\ sources\\ of\\ that\\ belief\\ is\\ the\\ struggle\\ for\\ freedom\\ of\\ conscience\\ in\\ the\\ United\\ Kingdom\\ during\\ the\\ reigns\\ of\\ Elizabeth\\ I\\ and\\ the\\ Stuarts.\\ A\\ moral\\ right\\ and\\ duty\\ to\\ use\\ force\\ against\\ tyranny\\ was\\ explicated\\ by\\ the\\ Scottish\\ Presbyterians\\ George\\ Buchanan\\ and\\ Samuel\\ Rutherford.\\ The\\ free-thinking\\ English\\ Christians\\ John\\ Locke\\ and\\ Algernon\\ Sidney\\ broadened\\ and\\ deepened\\ the\\ ideas\\ of\\ Buchanan\\ and\\ Rutherford.\\ The\\ result\\ was\\ a\\ sophisticated\\ defense\\ of\\ religious\\ freedom,\\ which\\ was\\ to\\ be\\ protected\\ by\\ an\\ armed\\ people\\ ready\\ to\\ resist\\ encroachments\\ on\\ their\\ natural,\\ sacred\\ liberties.\\ The\\ principle\\ that\\ right\\ to\\ arms\\ is\\ the\\ ultimate\\ guarantor\\ of\\ the\\ right\\ to\\ free\\ exercise\\ of\\ religion\\ is\\ one\\ reason\\ why\\ the\\ First\\ and\\ Second\\ Amendments\\ are\\ placed\\ next\\ to\\ each\\ other\\ in\\ the\\ American\\ Bill\\ of\\ Rights.\\ vti_charset:SR|windows-1252 vti_language:SR|en-us vti_title:SR|Scottish and English religious roots of right to arms vti_lineageid:SR|{35A2E67F-393B-4B25-8C86-DF1C5A0FF39D} vti_backlinkinfo:VX|