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KnightRanger · 56-60, M
Flies completely in the face of Miller, which ruled that it was firearms that do not bear "some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia" which cannot be guaranteed protection under the 2nd Amendment (United States v. Miller, 1939).
In fact, it's an obvious attempt to chisel away at the 2nd Amendment – "death by a thousand cuts," and the AR-15 is the starting point because it's a) numerous, b) popular, and c) very clearly does have application to a well-regulated militia, under 10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes ("unorganized militia").
See also comments by Tench Coxe, one of our Founding Fathers (U.S.): https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tench_Coxe). Many other Founders thought similarly.
In fact, it's an obvious attempt to chisel away at the 2nd Amendment – "death by a thousand cuts," and the AR-15 is the starting point because it's a) numerous, b) popular, and c) very clearly does have application to a well-regulated militia, under 10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes ("unorganized militia").
See also comments by Tench Coxe, one of our Founding Fathers (U.S.): https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tench_Coxe). Many other Founders thought similarly.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@KnightRanger Coxe was a complete crank.
KnightRanger · 56-60, M
You're entitled to your opinion. But even if you were right (which you're not), he was far from the only one!
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@KnightRanger Oh I'm right. Dude was a total wingnut. I mean, it's kind of normal, revolutionaries are generally fucking nuts - we got supremely lucky that many of ours were Enlightment-era intellectuals. Thank god the nerds were in vogue at the time.
KnightRanger · 56-60, M
Sure you are. 🙄 lol! Well, the second half of your last statement (from "we got supremely lucky" on...) I agree with, at least. ;-) Here's an article you may find interesting: https://www.lectlaw.com/files/gun01.htm
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@KnightRanger Dude, you literally picked the most insane of the bunch. We're all so tremendously lucky he was one of the more minor figures.
I read that article, there really isn't much new stuff in there. I generally tend to find all the "omg the tyranny" stuff so unimpressive. Tyranny generally happens with massive popular approval anyhow.
And also...
I read that article, there really isn't much new stuff in there. I generally tend to find all the "omg the tyranny" stuff so unimpressive. Tyranny generally happens with massive popular approval anyhow.
And also...
This view is confirmed by Alexander Hamilton's observation, in The Federalist, No. 29, regarding the people's militias ability to be a match for a standing army: " . . . but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights . . . ."
Boy how did times change.