Posted on 10/05/2015 5:39:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
And many did not want a standing army.
And if there is no standing army (wanted), then the militia are the people, even those who selfishly allow others to take on the risk of defense of the people and the responsibility of gun ownership.
Leftists - having their cake and eating it again.
And “regulated” in the day meant TRAINED not controlled.
I think we are considered “unorganized militia” unless we’re in the guard.
So the gang-banger in da hood is gonna show up at the courthouse with his Mac-10 to sign up for the militia?
Here’s a better idea. Since almost all of these “mass” shooters are liberals, I say round up all the liberals and put them in concentration camps for public safety.
Well-regulated in the 18th Century meant well-trained.
When we march on the capitol can we bring tar and feathers?
This gun grabber could well end up with a “people’s army” that wasn’t to his liking.
Seriously though, this is just more leftist wacko thinking. If you can call it thinking. Not any chance people would allow this.
No it’s not. I forget what FReeper I got this from, but it lives on my FR profile page:
The term “regulated” applied to clocks means “accurate in keeping time”. It made sense, particularly in 18th Century armies, to have to pay a lot of attention to how well soldiers could operate in massed formations. Soldiers had to be drilled to load, aim, and fire as one unit. You do NOT want the rifle next to you to be firing (and emitting a shower of sparks) while you are pouring gunpowder into your musket. Everybody had to do every step together with no screwups.
And in any case, it’s a prefatory clause that still doesn’t change the fundamental meaning of “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Here’s an alternative: the letter writer can spend ten minutes learning what the phrase “a well regulated militia” meant when it was written.
Then the letter writer can pound sand!
Yes it did. See my previous, for a key reason why it was important.
So, we’re out then. Well, we’ll just have to form our own then. The word Amazon’s come to mind.
Oh, my goodness...I would, but you know, that boating accident and all that...
You guys wouldn't have a few to loan me, would you?
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Take your damned gun control, in ANY form, and stick it up your collective liberal asses.
Period.
Obergfeld = Settled Law despite the lack of clear constitutional language
Heller = Activism, Open Question, Unconstitutional over reach despite clear constitutional language and intent
Pick a hole libs.
End objective is confiscation, period.
Worked for the Soviets, the Nazis, and the Chicoms.
I am a Militia of one. I regulate myself.
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Not necessarily in that order.
Speaking of women and the militia... Mary Patton, gunpowder maker... interesting history here:
“I don’t believe the Second Amendment was added in order to force me to be a member of the Militia but rather that I could be a member of the Militia.”
Well, I hate to break the news to you, but you happen to be dead wrong about that. It just so happens if you happen to be an able bodied male, a U.S. citizen or alien intending to naturalize as a U.S. citizen, and you are at least 17 years of age and less than 45 years of age, you are or were before age 45 a member of the United States reserve militia in accordance with Title 10 U.S. Code, unless you are a former regular component veterans of the armed forces who have reached the age of 64 (32 USC 313). Volunteering is unnecessary, only the ability to draw a breath, walk, talk, and so forth are required to qualify you as a member of the U.S. militia. Better yet, each state also has made most of you males a member of the state militia as well. The State of Washington for example says:
The militia of the state of Washington shall consist of all able bodied citizens of the United States and all other able bodied persons who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, residing within this state, who shall be more than eighteen years of age, and shall include all persons who are members of the national guard and the state guard, and said militia shall be divided into two classes, the organized militia and the unorganized militia.
So, not even being 45 years of age and older gets you out of their state militia.
Welcome to the militia, soldier!
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