Joseph Sobran

Joseph Sobran argues in the following viewpoint that there are solid constitutional arguments against gun control. For one thing, nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government granted the right to limit an individual’s right to own firearms. On the contrary, the Second Amendment expressly grants this right to all citizens. Sobran also maintains that since individuals are expressly granted the right to life, liberty, and property, they are implicitly granted the right to protect them, using firearms if necessary. Joseph Sobran is a syndicated columnist.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In Sobran’s opinion, what do “free states” need to be secure against?
2. What did Alexander Hamilton regard as “paramount to every positive form of government”?
3. According to the author, what principle does the Tenth Amendment...