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NV: Sheriff is wrong about Second Amendment
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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The Second Amendment was conceived against a background of hostility toward a standing army and at a time when reliance on a militia was adequate. It was thought that the people needed to be armed so that a militia would be available should the need arise.
Today, people neither keep nor bear arms as part of a militia. Therefore, the arms they keep are not protected by the Second Amendment. |
| Comment by:
dasing
(6/30/2016)
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| Another talking head that knows nothing about the subject at hand. The militia is out there with/or without the Gov. |
| Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
(6/30/2016)
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"Today, people neither keep nor bear arms as part of a militia. Therefore, the arms they keep are not protected by the Second Amendment."
WRONG.
We, the People, are part of the unorganized militia, per the Uniform Militia Act of 1792.
Also (*SIGH!*) the second amendment states "the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Notice it does NOT say the right of the MILITIA, but THE PEOPLE?
Right?
How is this unclear?
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| Comment by:
punch
(6/30/2016)
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| Florida has an organized militia. Go to http://www.flmilitia.org/ |
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| Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. — James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46 |
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