Gun Control & RKBA

From the US Constitution:

Section. 8.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

Note that this is not the entire Article, but just that part that refers to defense, the necessity of having a NON-STANDING army, and the militia.

Note the three expressly enumerated functions of this militia:

First, to execute the Laws of the Union,

Second, to suppress insurrections, and

Third, to repel Invasions.

Next, the Article talks about organizing, arming, and disciplining this militia that functions, of course, in place of an army that does not exist for the Framers. Note also that this militia is to be trained according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.

By my biased, shrill, and pathetic arguments, I would argue that it is your interpretation that sacrifices history and logic in support of your desire to self arm and self protect against all of your enemies, real and imagined.


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