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NY: ‘Well-regulated militia’ has not been infringed
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Mark A. Taff
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On March 31, The News printed a letter criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sponsorship of the SAFE Act. The writer quoted a portion of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, perverting its original intent. The full amendment states: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
The SAFE Act does not impact in any way the National Guard (present-day equivalent of a “well regulated militia.”) If you are going to quote the Second Amendment, at least have the decency to quote it in its entirety. Otherwise, you are guilty of the hypocrisy that you are accusing Cuomo of. |
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dasing
(4/8/2017)
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| The national guard is a SELECT militia NOT the militia, the whole of the people are the mlitia!!!!! |
| Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
(4/8/2017)
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Dasing's comment is spot-on.
It's too easy for some to get lost in the weeds on the first clause in th 2A, the "exemplar." The exposition of the right and who owns it is found in the central clause, or antecedent; "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
The founders did NOT say "the right of the militia..." They specifically state "right of the PEOPLE"~~~the same people who own the other rights listed in the Founding Document. |
| Comment by:
moondog
(4/9/2017)
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| The National Guard did not exist when the constitution was written. The militia was every able bodied male between the ages of 17 and 45. Ta daaa! |
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