Thursday, December 10, 2015

Even ‘Friends’ on Supreme Court Diminish Purpose of 2nd Amendment

That’s the key point being ducked. The function of the militia was — and is — to field citizen soldiers. And these citizens bore arms that were suitable for that purpose, “ordinary military equipment” intended to be taken into “common defense” battles. The militia came with the intent to match and best a professional military threat. [More]
The Supreme Court seems willing to ignore how it and the Constitution it was intended to serve came to be in the first place– citizens with military weapons, a no-compromise demand to be free, and a willingness to kill at the risk of their own lives made it all possible.

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