Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The militia [View all]jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)dscntnt: If the organized militia is formed drawing on the ranks of the unorganized militia, then the overall system is "effective".
Utterly specious; The unorganized militia is as much the force pool for criminals & misdemeanants, as it is the force pool for the national gds or military, even MORESO.
The unorganized militia is oft called the couch potato militia, the sedentary militia, & for good reason. UM does no training, no meetings, one can go from 17 to 45 & supposedly be 'in' the Unorg'd militia without ever doing a thing to that extent, indeed this is the case near 100% of the time. Inductees into the armed forces & nat gds still have to undergo basic training boot camps, & while some may get advanced ratings due previous firearms training or other skilled training, it is NOT due to being part of the 'unorg'd militia', but rather previous schooling or jobs.'
Have you ever put down 'Member of the Unorganized Militia' on a job application in the 'past experience' columns?
The Multitudes, The Proud, The UNORGANIZED. Semper Fooey. - It's a joke.
dscntnt: (The 18th century meaning of "well regulated" was effective and functioning.)
Geez, can't stop the 2ndA Mythology runaway train; I post this rebuttal regularly once a month abouts, stop using Roget's instead of Websters to define things. Here is webster's 1828 dictionary, with 'well' being understood, pls point out exactly where webster defines 'well regulated' as being 'effective & functioning', & explain why 'subject to rules or regs' is ignored by the progun crowd:
REG'ULATED, pp. Adjusted by rule, method or forms; put in good order; subjected to rules or restrictions.
REG'ULATE, v.t. 1. To adjust by rule, method or established mode; as, to regulate weights and measures; to regulate the assize of bread; to regulate our moral conduct by the laws of God and of society; to regulate our manners by the customary forms.
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
3. To subject to rules or restrictions; as, to regulate trade; to regulate diet. http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/search/word,regulate