“even though the amendment clearly links the right to service in a “militia.” “
Liberals thinks that because we don’t have militias anymore, that removes the reasoning behind the right for individuals to bear arms.
They’re stuck on the syntax and willfully ignore the important aspects of gun ownership...the right of the people to not be subjugated by forces foreign or domestic.
Maybe Conservatives should form a bunch of these private forces and start roaming around -- THEN we could carry guns, right??
The NYT should die of fright if there were militias today.
Well, bedwetter, the High Priesthood of Secular Humanism has declared this statement to be false. Spin on it.
Ah, but they WANT to subjugate the people by forces domestic... it’s in every policy they propose. This is why they inherently oppose the individual having the right to defend himself.
But they are wrong, even from a grammatical/syntax stand-point.
In the 2nd Amendment, the “militia” statement is part of a DEPENDENT clause. It is, therefore, not capable of standing on its own as a sentence.
The “right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” statement is contained within an INDEPENDENT clause - that is, it has meaning as a complete sentence, even when standing by itself.
Grammatically speaking, dependent clauses do NOT control the meaning of independent clauses when they appear in they same sentence. They may clarify or enhance the independent clause, but the independent clause controls the overall meaning/intent of the sentence as a whole.
Thus, the right to keep and bear arms is NOT in any way dependent on service in a militia and it never has been.
Individuals bearing arms- could become a “militia” very quickly- right?
Isn’t that what happened in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans before the 82d Airborne arrived to put down the armed looters and punks?
We DO have militias in places where people don't want to depend on the government for protection. People train together with their own firearms and come together as a "militia" if needed.
Militias and armed citizens kept the peace right after Katrina in many places outside New Orleans.
“Liberals thinks that because we don’t have militias anymore...”
We the people are the militia and militia’s can organize rather spontaneously as circustances may dictate. In addition to citizen action post Katrina, one need look no further than the passengers of United flight 93.