02-23-2021, 11:48 AM
(02-23-2021, 08:15 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: A militia is typically an ad-hoc organization made up of the citizenry.
Also, Heller established the individual right to own firearms, and we aren't going to see that precedent overturned any time in the near future.
Not to mention that the SCOTUS already ruled on this militia issue not long after the Civil War and stated what the Framers already intended. That the militia is all men of fighting age. As I've said before, we live in a more egalitarian age, so we'll include women in this as well.
Quote:Because it is seen as a slippery slope. There is a large proportion of firearm owners, Fudds included, that see civilian ownership of firearms as a protective barrier against a tyrannical government. The government knowing who has what firearms is a threat to that barrier. They don't trust the government with that information, and I don't disagree with them on that point. An armed populous is a bulwark, and it's something that both the right and left agree on (I'm talking actual leftists, not the centrists that are the Democratic party).
And they think that because the Dems have proven it over and over again. Like I said, the mask finally slipped all the way off when O'Rourke made his "Hell yes we're coming for your guns" speech. There's no going back from that.
