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In reply to the discussion: Alex hamilton on the 2a and the militia [View all]Volaris
(10,269 posts)22. And that argument, precisely, is why we have a national guard, administered by the several States...
If you wanna own, and keep, an assault rifle, then you can goddamnwell buy it from the state national guard and be trained in its proper use for doing so, instead of from the local sporting goods department (killing other humans is NOT A SPORT).
and if the state national guard tells you you can't have one of these because we've determined you're a crazy fucker, you can dam well find another hobby.
'A WELL REGULATED militia...'---very true...
What we have now, is an UN regulated militia, which is another word for an armed mob.
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"the right of _the people_" not the right of the members of the militia. n/t
PoliticAverse
Sep 2019
#37
You mean the right that the same framers ensconced in their respective state constitutions?
X_Digger
Sep 2019
#10
What is so difficult to understand about the phrase "well regulated militia" in a Federal
guillaumeb
Sep 2019
#30
Pizza being important for study sessions, the right to grow and harvest tomatoes is protected.
X_Digger
Sep 2019
#43
Some US citizens have never accepted that the slave faction lost that civil war. eom
guillaumeb
Sep 2019
#9
Most gunners only read "shall not be infringed." They are too stupid, or attracted to guns, to admit
Hoyt
Sep 2019
#4
Which confirms that "well-regulated" is synonymous with "well-trained" in today's syntax
NickB79
Sep 2019
#11
And that argument, precisely, is why we have a national guard, administered by the several States...
Volaris
Sep 2019
#22
All well and good, but the militia was based on the people keeping and bearing arms.
aikoaiko
Sep 2019
#12
No it is not it's a gift from the supreme court . The militia was based on putting down insurrection
Fullduplexxx
Sep 2019
#19