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04-17-2018, 01:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2018, 03:50 AM by stanc.)
BjornF16 Wrote:The purpose of the militia was to: 1. Eliminate the need for a standing army (i.e. fear of tyranny); 2. Provide for defense of state and country.
The militia system failed on both counts. Today we have a large, standing Army; and the deficiencies of State militias caused them to be superseded by the National Guard.
BjornF16 Wrote:The purpose of RKBA (acknowledged as a pre-existing right) was for: 1. Self Defense; 2. Defense of community (local, state, country); 3. Sporting purposes (i.e. hunting).
The trouble with that claim is, the author of the Second Amendment cited only item 2. Since he omitted items 1 and 3, it appears that he did not consider them purposes for the RKBA.
BjornF16 Wrote:If the militia was the ONLY reason for 2A, then the Founders would have enabled the federal government to have de facto gun control by limiting the membership of the militia by legislation.
I don't know if
that is true, but the Founders
DID limit the membership of the militia by legislation: the Second Militia Act of 1792.
