When we debate gun laws and gun rights in America, we often start with the Second Amendment to the Constitution. We should start with the Second Sentence of the Declaration. Here's why.

Chapter 14 of The Second Sentence is all about taxation. There's a reason why the colonists said, "No taxation without representation" and that reason can be found in the Second Sentence of the Declaration of Independence.

Chapter 13 applies the logic of the Second Sentence to the issue of Immigration.

Now that we've finished our deep dive into the various clauses of the Second Sentence, we'll start to apply those ideas to political controversies in America today. We'll start with what may be the most controversial political fight in our nation right now. Find out what the Second Sentence says about Abortion here in Chapter 12.

We wrap up the different clauses of the Second Sentence focusing on creating governments that are most likely to effect our safety and Happiness.

We continue our deep dive into the Second Sentence of the Declaration of Independence. This part explains why anarchy is such a bad idea and why getting the foundations of a government right is so critical.

We continue our deep dive into the various clauses of the Second Sentence. This is the part of the Declaration of Independence that has a huge warning for any form of government on what happens when they abuse the Rights of the people!

This is Chapter 8 of The Second Sentence. We discuss where governments get their power and why it's so important for governments to be responsive to the will of the people in order for governments to retain their legitimacy.

As we continue our look into the Second Sentence of the Declaration of Independence, we move past the dash. This part of the sentence tells us why Governments exist and what their only purpose is. And, it's a self-evident Truth that most governments today have completely forgotten.

In Chapter 6 of our series on The Second Sentence of the Declaration of Independence, we look at the most famous phrase in American history, "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."