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Elmer1007 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:49 AM Original message |
The pesky meaning of "Well Regulated" |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. I missed the last Official State Militia Training date... |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You're already in the militia. |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. deleted |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. So, if I'm in the militia... |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Nope. It's your responsibility to know the law. |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. LOL! |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Laugh if you want, the law is the law. |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Maybe you should turn me in... |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Dude, it doesn't say you have to own a gun. Just that you're in the militia by law. |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Dude, if I don't own a gun, what good am I in this militia? |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Exactly. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Crimminy. If you could read you would be dangerous. It says no such thing. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Although - one could say that part of being a "well regulated" and military |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hamilton was in favor of a "select militia", instead of one where everyone was mandated |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. And this will be the next anti argument, mark my words. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. The wording is clear - that there shall BE a well regulated militia to protect |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That is from the Federalist Papers (#29) - not the Constitution or the 2nd amendment, |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Of course that's what it means. An "effective militia" is necessary, because the recourse is a |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. USC 10.311 places all males 17-45 not in the armed forces in a militia. |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, Well regulated, as in well functioning |
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Plague (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Maybe I'm confused... |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It does seem clear to me as well. |
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johnbraun (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. As I said, USC 10.311 "regulates" the unorganized militia. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Righto then. I am in the militia. |
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WWFZD (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well regulated, er stated |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Congress must "provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia". It's derelict in that |
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