08-07-2018, 02:07 AM
stanc Wrote:It's illogical to consider the militia clause in the 2nd Amendment as a "justification" clause. None of the other individual rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights has one. If the 2nd Amendment had not been meant to ensure availability of military arms to the members of organized State militias, it would've just said: "The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
And his statement that "[militia] is clearly not a reference to a small, National Guard-type group" is clearly wrong. The 2nd Amendment does not say "the militia," which would encompass both the organized and unorganized militia. Instead it addresses a "well-regulated" militia, which means the organized State militias that were superseded by the National Guard.
What they meant by "well regulated" will be up for debate until the end of time. The description is still pertaining to the word militia, so I went to my main man who does my definitions.
Definition of militia
1 a : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
The militia was called to quell the riot.
b : a body of citizens organized for military service
2 : the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to military service
Old Webster clearly states that the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to military service.
I signed up for selective service(the draft) therefore; I am in this description.