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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,578 posts)93. Consider that according to...
...the Militia Act of 1903 (an update to the Militia Act of 1793) identifies the militia as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the militia shall consist of every able-bodied male citizen of the respective States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, and every able-bodied male of foreign birth who has declared his intention to become a citizen, who is more than eighteen and less than forty-five years of age, and shall be divided into two classesthe organized militia, to be known as the National Guard of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, or by such other designations as may be given them by the laws of the respective States or Territories, and the remainder to be known as the Reserve Militia.
We are all the Militia. Unless you have joined the National Guard, you are a member of the Reserve Militia.
Tenche Coxe: "Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." (emphasis mine)
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I have been saying this forever. As I equally have been saying how INSANE it is we have
randys1
Oct 2015
#1
There is a proposal in Illinois to automatically register anyone who signs up for a Driver's
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#3
Election fraud, is what cons do, and they do it in every single election they have a candidate. OT
randys1
Oct 2015
#6
Yet the founding fathers, as Englishmen, enjoyed an individual right to bear arms
hack89
Oct 2015
#7
In my opinion, the problem with the misinterpretation is because people don't understand the
Ghost in the Machine
Oct 2015
#12
cherry picking is an NRA specialty, especially when they make claims about how guns make
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#14
Umm, Heller was not spearheaded by the NRA; in fact, they dragged along later...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#27
To you, all all here who insist that all US residents are part of this "well regulated militia"
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#30
You might wish to look at Article 8 of the US Constitution, especially the clauses relating to a
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#65
And also consider this -- well-reguluated as an adj modifies militia and not the people.
aikoaiko
Nov 2015
#103
I am struck by your repeated use of NRA "view" & "talking point." They aren't the only...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#43
President Obama & the Democratic Party have stated the 2nd Amendment is an individual right
Lurks Often
Oct 2015
#51
I find this statement to be either uninformed or deliberately obtuse. Or possibly sarcasm?
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#36
I grounded my argument in the militia view because it corresponds to the Constitution and
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#54
Correct! A large standing Army-the very thing the militia clauses and the 2nd was trying to prevent!
jmg257
Oct 2015
#86
Ahem. "Surely it protects a right that can be enforced by individuals."
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2015
#99
This is the last time I engage you, since you can't be bothered to actually fact-check yourself
tortoise1956
Nov 2015
#114
True. Homicide does not directly equate but any time that a homicide takes place,
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#88