With My Rifle by My Side: A Second Amendment Lesson by Kimberly Jo Simac, with illustrations by Donna Goeddaeus Nordskog Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-9827074-4-9 June 2010 48 pages Hardcover: $18.95 at Amazon.com Unlike today’s ruling elites, the Founding Fathers held firearms in high regard, not simply as a means of obtaining food but also of ensuring freedom. While customs and technology may have changed in the intervening centuries, the tendency of governments towards tyranny has not, and the need to school children in the safe and responsible use of guns is as vital as ever. An example of the Founders’ thinking in this regard is this from Richard Henry Lee in 1788 (and quoted in the book): To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them. Thomas Jefferson thought communing with nature with a firearm superior to most sports (also from the book): A strong body makes the mind strong …. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with

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