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Something about the Second Amendment Today. . .
Saw this a month or so ago and a post at Mad Ogre reminded me of it. One of the best explanations I've heard yet. As likely, or more so, than all the others.
Essentially, militia and people are not the same here. The people have the right to keep and bear arms to regulate the militia. The Founders recognized that a militia was necessary, but also knew it could be used abusively, having just fought off such a thing. So they said the people shall also have the right to bear arms to protect themselves against such a thing.
Anyway, these guys explain it better.
- Let Them Take Arms.
What Some Old Dead White Guys REALLY Thought About The Second Amendment This is never what they envisioned, never what they imagined blah blah blah. Yeah, ok, here's their own words. "to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual...
- Moses Speaks
This is about the Second Amendment, yes, but so much more. It's an older video but no less relevant. Many thanks to Anonymous in comments. NRA News: Charlton Heston's A Torch With No Flame A well regulated militia being necessary to the security...
- A Well Regulated Militia Being Necessary To The Security Of A Free State. . .
With today's FBI raids it might be a good time to remember that WE The People are THE Militia as the Founders envisioned it and so penned in The Second Amendment. Every one of us. When the Redcoats (no offense, Ray) came to seize the military supplies...
- Fbi Arrests 7 Linked To "christian Militia Group Hutaree"
The 7 people arrested during joint FBI/DHS raids have been linked to a "Christian militia group" known as Hutaree. Mar 28, 2010 6:49 pm US/Eastern FBI Arrests 7 With Ties To Christian Militia WASHINGTON (CBS) A joint-terrorism task force led by the...
- The Second Amendment Didn't Give Us The Right To Bear Arms - Our Creator Did
Hey, everyone who'd pissed off about the worldwide Jihad needs to read this. This is the way we think about guns here in America. Don't let your governments tell you to think any other way. From Punditarian at Astute Bloggers: The Second Amendment...
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Something about the Second Amendment Today. . .
Saw this a month or so ago and a post at Mad Ogre reminded me of it. One of the best explanations I've heard yet. As likely, or more so, than all the others.
Essentially, militia and people are not the same here. The people have the right to keep and bear arms to regulate the militia. The Founders recognized that a militia was necessary, but also knew it could be used abusively, having just fought off such a thing. So they said the people shall also have the right to bear arms to protect themselves against such a thing.
Anyway, these guys explain it better.
- Let Them Take Arms.
What Some Old Dead White Guys REALLY Thought About The Second Amendment This is never what they envisioned, never what they imagined blah blah blah. Yeah, ok, here's their own words. "to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual...
- Moses Speaks
This is about the Second Amendment, yes, but so much more. It's an older video but no less relevant. Many thanks to Anonymous in comments. NRA News: Charlton Heston's A Torch With No Flame A well regulated militia being necessary to the security...
- A Well Regulated Militia Being Necessary To The Security Of A Free State. . .
With today's FBI raids it might be a good time to remember that WE The People are THE Militia as the Founders envisioned it and so penned in The Second Amendment. Every one of us. When the Redcoats (no offense, Ray) came to seize the military supplies...
- Fbi Arrests 7 Linked To "christian Militia Group Hutaree"
The 7 people arrested during joint FBI/DHS raids have been linked to a "Christian militia group" known as Hutaree. Mar 28, 2010 6:49 pm US/Eastern FBI Arrests 7 With Ties To Christian Militia WASHINGTON (CBS) A joint-terrorism task force led by the...
- The Second Amendment Didn't Give Us The Right To Bear Arms - Our Creator Did
Hey, everyone who'd pissed off about the worldwide Jihad needs to read this. This is the way we think about guns here in America. Don't let your governments tell you to think any other way. From Punditarian at Astute Bloggers: The Second Amendment...