Sunday, December 23, 2012

WHAT NRA WANTS IS ARMED STATE MILITIAS...

CLEARLY THE NRA WANTS ARMED MILITIAS IN THE US...ALLOWED TO CARRY MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS...

THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT "SPORTING" GUNS...  INDEED THE 2D AMENDMENT IS NOT ABOUT SPORTING GUNS AT ALL...OR GUNS TO GET "FOOD" FROM NATURE BY HUNTING...

THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS AND IS ALL ABOUT THE STATE MILITIAS...AND THE LAWS GOVERNING THEM...

HERE'S THE PROBLEM...WE DON'T REALLY HAVE STATE MILITIAS ANYMORE...  THE OLD LAWS IN THE STATES SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

THE "STATE MILITIA SHALL CONSIST OF EVERY ABLE BODIED MALE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 60 UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE GOVERNOR WHO SHALL BE ITS GENERAL"

FEW PEOPLE EVEN KNOW WHAT THE STATE MILITIA IS...ITS AN ARCHAIC NOTION...AND COULD BE ABOLISHED...

AS LONG AS STATE MILITIAS ARE AROUND THE GUN NUTS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR ARGUMENT FOR GUNS...BASED ON THIS ANTIQUE PORTION OF THE US CONSTITUTIONS!

BUT THE STATES...AND PERHAPS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD "TINKER WITH" THE STATE MILITIA LAWS...MORE OFTEN...MAKING THE ABSOLUTE CASE FOR GUNS WEAKER...  READ AS A WHOLE THE 2D AMENDMENT IS ALL ABOUT STATE MILITIAS...AND NOT ABOUT "GUN RIGHTS"...

FURTHER...IF THE NRA IS RIGHT AND ITS ALL ABOUT THE "PERSONAL" RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS...NOT RELATED TO SERVICE IN THE STATE MILITIAS...?

WHY NOT ALLOW BAZOOKAS AND SURFACE TO AIR MISSLES...!  

THE SAME LOGIC WOULD APPLY...NAMELY AN ARMED CITIZENRY...PREPARED TO MUSTER AT THE CALL OF THE STATE GOVERNOR FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE STATE OR NATION...

IN FACT THAT IS HOW MAY OF THE CIVIL WAR SOLIDERS WHERE "DRAFTED" TO FIGHT FOR THE UNION...VIA THE STATE MILITIA LAWS...!  

THE STATE MILITIA LAW WAS REALLY THE FIRST "DRAFT LAW"...EVEN BEFORE THE FEDERAL ARMY WAS ESTABISHED...!