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MO: Determining what the Second Amendment means for today
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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As a strict constructionist, I would like to advocate for the intent of the writers of this article.
Seems to me that those who keep and bear arms ought to be enrolled in a well regulated militia, currently known as the National Guard or the military reserve. These citizens would be trained and ready should our nation require their services when we are threatened by Native Americans or forces of the British, French or Spanish governments. |
Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
(7/15/2017)
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*SIGH!* Another ignoramus who thinks that the right to keep & bear arms applies only to an organized force. It's "the right of the people," not a right of the collective. Doesn't "the right of the PEOPLE" mean anything? |
Comment by:
shootergdv
(7/16/2017)
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A strict constructionist should realize that well regulated at the time meant well trained ! And note that the National Guard is now controlled by the Federal government, and is NOT the militia envisioned by those old dead white guys. |
Comment by:
dasing
(7/18/2017)
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The national guard is a SELECT militia, NOT THE MILITIA!!! |
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We'll take one step at a time, and the first is necessarily - given the political realities - very modest. We'll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law and again and again. Our ultimate goal, total control of handguns, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down production and sales. Next is to get registration. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and ammunition (with a few exceptions) totally illegal. — Pete Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc., New Yorker Magazine, June 26, 1976, pg. 53 |
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