BjornF16 Wrote:The militia is but a small subset of the PEOPLE...Quite true. That's precisely what I told montana, who (erroneously) insisted that the militia is ALL of the people.
BjornF16 Wrote:Furthermore, the Founding Generation fully understood that the federal government was granted NO power to regulate arms by the Constitution...Unfortunately, Supreme Court rulings say the federal government CAN regulate arms.
BjornF16 Wrote:The reference to the militia in what became the 2A was...the chief political reason guaranteeing against government infringement...That's pretty close to what I said a few pages back.