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rrneck

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18. A militia is an organization of people

Reply to wilt the stilt (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:26 PM

Dec 2012

You can't have a militia without people. The second amendment specifies the regulation of militias and that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. So you can regulate a militia when all the people who already own and bear arms show up with them.

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"A well regulated militia" [View all] wilt the stilt Dec 2012 OP

Don't expect a coherent answer from the gun nuts... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #1

^^^ This^^^ etherealtruth Dec 2012 #13

many gun owners pretend those words are not in the 2A nt msongs Dec 2012 #2

Most pretend they ARE a "well-regulated militia" Scootaloo Dec 2012 #5

Yeah. They are "well regulated" until they go crazy and kill someone. madinmaryland Dec 2012 #30

Yeah, I'd like to know, too. tblue Dec 2012 #3

In Teamerica today, "a well-regulated militia" means "any clown with a semi-automatic." nt valerief Dec 2012 #4

Listening to a local call in program this afternoon, the gun doc03 Dec 2012 #6

That seems to be the argument etherealtruth Dec 2012 #16

Unfortunately, there are two different meanings of that phrase from that time. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #7

Really. truebluegreen Dec 2012 #20

Oh shit, I made a mistake. I should have said working well. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #22

In that time period the whole of the militia oneshooter Dec 2012 #23

The right to bear arms is NOT absolute. elleng Dec 2012 #8

They say they're part of a citizens militia mzmolly Dec 2012 #9

Yup. They think Red Dawn is a documentary. progressoid Dec 2012 #10

LOL. That and they can mzmolly Dec 2012 #11

militia = death squads. and-justice-for-all Dec 2012 #29

I agree with mzmolly Dec 2012 #31

Discussed in the Federalist Papers bongbong Dec 2012 #12

I have always understood it to be that: 1) a militia is essential, 2) a competent and petronius Dec 2012 #14

So all the coward wannabe Rambos of the world can have a military rifle tabasco Dec 2012 #15

I've always understood it to mean something like this TrogL Dec 2012 #17

A militia is an organization of people rrneck Dec 2012 #18

The well regulated militias are made up of people who have the right to bear arms davidn3600 Dec 2012 #19

Well that militia isn't very well regulated when a member goes on a tear and kills 20 babies. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #26

A well regurgitated militia DainBramaged Dec 2012 #21

Synonymous with "unregulated maniac". That's what they think it means. Kablooie Dec 2012 #24

the problem is, the NRA has the politicians so cowtowed they refuse to regulate even a little RomneyLies Dec 2012 #25

There never was an individual's right to bear arms duffyduff Dec 2012 #27

The entire Bill of Rights are individual rights hack89 Dec 2012 #32

Its ran its course... and-justice-for-all Dec 2012 #28

So amend the Constitution hack89 Dec 2012 #33

No.. and-justice-for-all Dec 2012 #35

You don't have too many legal options hack89 Dec 2012 #36

shhh, the nra will declare itself a well regulated militia spanone Dec 2012 #34