08-16-2019, 06:41 PM
stanc Wrote:"Might" happen again? It's not a question of if, but when.
LOL. No. The colonials' primary infantry weapon was a military musket, mostly the British Brown Bess and the French Charleville.
LOL again.
There is no mention of self defense in the Seccond Amendment. Its purpose was to assure that members of State militias would have access to the weapons they were required to own for militia duty.
Also wrong. The function of government is to enforce order in society, and exercise control of the people. This results in restriction -- not preservation -- of individual liberty.
Not according to the Supreme Court.
Stanc, I fundamentally disagree with your position on the second. The state militias were made up of individuals; Citizens who were expected to be ready and able to use firearms to defend themselves from oppression from anyone wishing to corrupt their freedom. The entire purpose of amending the constitution this way was to ensure that individuals had access to, ability to train with, and use firearms in defense for as long as necessary between open conflict. This was in order to be prepared to defend themselves from anyone - including government - who wished to disarm them in order to establish the "order and control" you speak of when their liberty was at stake. There was no standing army. How could one expect to re-convene a militia if the citizens had all their weapons confiscated by public decree? Isn't this a bit of a misnomer? The militia was just a group of citizens convened under pseudo military style draft calling men from their homes in times of dire encroachment. My understanding was that during the Rev War, most of the men who made up the original militias were recruited in pubs, private house meetings, and barns. All in secret. The militia was the people. That's why it says that "the right of the people bear arms shall not be infringed." And thus, we were all given the protected status of firearm ownership, practice, and use.
And another thing, just because the SCOTUS says something is right, doesn't make it so. Obamacare, anyone? Unfortunately the golden rule applies just as well, and just as real. Those who have the gold make the rules...
And I agree with the lols above. History should be remembered accurately or not at all.
Nothing kills the incentive of men faster than a healthy sense of entitlement. Nothing kills entitlement faster than a healthy sense of achievement.