Their actions provoked a reorganization and professionalization of the militia, which became known as the National Guard. [More]Just the "organized" part, Pauline.
I hardly believe you don't know that.
Or that "Congress has established the present National Guard under its own power to raise armies, expressly stating that it was not doing so under its power to organize and arm the militia."
Or that you're unaware of the overwhelming documentation detailing the intent of the Founders that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
But I guess I forget my place. Current accepted thought among the more enlightened is that we mere rustics are simply too unschooled to weigh in on matters best left for interpretation by a qualified class of academics and legal professionals.
I'm sorry, Pau...uh...Dr. Maier. It won't happen again. You were saying?
This jumped out at me:
ReplyDelete"Those traditional militia companies, which were normally called into action by the states, were never a particularly effective military force. They limped along through the 19th century until the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, when militiamen fraternized with the strikers rather than protect the railroad owners’ property."
Siding with the working man like them rather than the ultra-rich elites. Imagine that.
History DOES repeat. Get ready, Dr. Maier.
Any SPORTS reporter would be ashamed to put out a piece with such a low level of background research and accuracy. He wouldn't have his job long.
ReplyDeleteBut people actually READ the sports pages.