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In reply to the discussion: Looking for a well-regulated militia [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)18. militias still exist
state operated ones like Vermont's. The founders did not want a standing army during times of peace. If we dismantle the empire and set up an army similar to Switzerland's, we would be a better off country.
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Except it isn't new, nor is that construction strange in writings of the time..
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#22
No, you missed the point.. you're reading it as a restriction on people, not the government.
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#56
Err, I think you need a class on the enlightenment and our system of government...
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#66
In 1992, a 'militia' saved entire blocks of businesses and residences in koreatown in LA
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2012
#96
Top Shot is a joke. Throwing hatchets? Grenade Launchers? And the drama and fighting. It is a....
Logical
Mar 2012
#16
I 100% agree. I would love to shoot there. But I wish they could have not dropped to...
Logical
Mar 2012
#19
Justice Stevens' dissent in Heller explains it adequately -- to gun-carrying culture's chagrin.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#23
Since you're determined to use the genetic fallacy, what about United States v. Jones?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#45
Women carriers are usually OK. They aren't trying to prove something to themselves or others.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#73
Yes it is. It does demean men who carry and use guns for things far removed from self-defense.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#75
Fine. As long as you don't pretend that your personal experiences represent society at large.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#76
Don't think I'm discriminating - women don't have the same issues as men in this context.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#84
No, if Martin had been white, he'd still be alive. Try not to "play odds" with your gun.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#87
Four random Jurors will allow it. I bet my bottom dollar on it plus, the jurors will add insult to
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2012
#93
"...the intent or proper interpretation of the Second Amendment". Let's ask a Constitutional scholar
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#49
Finally, you got it. We don't need a bunch of armed, but unregulated toters nowadays.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#85
Perhaps you could tell me what part of it specifically you are referring to?
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#97
Why was it important to prevent the federal government from disarming militias?
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#98
Hey, they should be offered the chance to prove their bonafides, and engage in honest debate.
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#79
All 9 judges agreed the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right.
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#102
If you don't understand, why do you make a positive claim about how the text is clear?
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2012
#95