[mad_as_he$$]

This should be an interesting round of hearings. This guy should be head of the BATFE!

[Joe 6-pack]

I wonder if he’s from Athens, TN.

[Gay State Conservative]

M16? Yah,OK.Field artillery? Maybe not!

One of my favorite lines from Good Morning,Vietnam..."what's the difference between the Army and the Cub Scouts? The Cub Scouts don't have heavy artillery."

[DocRock]

an armed citizenry is the "ultimate checks and balances" against the federal government.

Mark Green gets it. Also, an armed citizenry is a deterrent to foreign invasion.

[NorthMountain]

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

In the article, he mentions aircraft carriers. And he's right. They may be prohibitively expensive, but they're protected by the Second Amendment.

I'll settle for Ma Deuce ...

[yldstrk]

Thank you! That is the point. You don’t want an armed government and an unarmed populace. The people are the boss, not the government.

[StonyBurk]

sounds like he is cut from the same cloth as many of our Founding Fathers and certain to entertain the extreme animus of the “progressive” totalitarians in our queer government.

[V_TWIN]

“They should be able to possess whatever weapons the military has, because an armed citizenry is the “ultimate checks and balances” against the federal government”

I can hear the heads exploding from here. lol

[Flick Lives]

...because an armed citizenry is the "ultimate checks and balances" against the federal government.

Someone who understands the 2nd Amendment isn't just for hunters.

[momincombatboots]

Yes, yes yes.. ok I didn’t read the article because I’m shopping for artillery.

[gaijin]

He is exactly correct.

privately owned military carbines are the personal presidential veto of the citizen.

this guy is fantastic..!

[central_va]

Happiness is a warm mortar tube.

[Night Hides Not]

I appreciate George Mason's definition of "militia":

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.

IMHO, about the only thing the Founding Fathers whiffed on was term limits, but I understand. They could not have contemplated the introduction of central air conditioning, which made Washington DC livable during the summer.

Texas has it right, i.e. the Legislature meets every two years, less opportunity for them to make mischief.

[ConservaTexan]

“If the courts ever interpreted the Second Amendment the way they interpret the First Amendment, we’d have a right to bear nuclear arms by now.” - Ann Coulter

[The Numbers]

Do you think I could get one of those MOABs then? There’s a particular stop-light camera near where I live that deserves some payback :)

[wally_bert]

Anything short of nuclear, bio, or chem if they can write the check.

[Bringbackthedraft]

They should be able to possess whatever weapons the military has, because an armed citizenry is the “ultimate checks and balances” against the federal government. ............................ Something the people of Venezuela failed to recognize.

[M Kehoe]

Bringing sanity to the Pentagon one nominee at a time.

5.56mm

[WKUHilltopper]

For later

[RinaseaofDs]

Sounds presidential to me.