What makes you say that? The Militia Act of 1792, written by those same founders, makes it pretty clear that the ‘militia’consists of all abled bodied male citizens. I suspect the modern world would expand that to all able bodied citizens period, which is pretty much the same as ‘the people’
What? That the "well regulated Miltia" contained in the second amendment refers to an organized, armed, trained and accoutered state Militia with officers appointed by the state"?
I got that from the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 16 and the Militia Act of 1792.
"The Militia Act of 1792, written by those same founders, makes it pretty clear that the ‘militia’consists of all abled bodied male citizens"
It consisted of white, male, citizen landowners. The same group that voted. "The people". The enfranchised body politic. "Full" citizens.
The point being, not everyone. Not every person. Not women. Not non-whites.
"I suspect the modern world would expand that to all able bodied citizens period, which is pretty much the same as ‘the people’
Excluding children, felons, prisoners, the insane, the mentally ill, yeah, pretty much.
I am begging you please to ignore robertpaulsen.
He is a troll who’s only goal is to disrupt all RKBA posts by hijacking them.
His method, which has worked brilliantly so far, is to make outrageous claims and bait you into wasting your energy trying to convince him and educate him. Which is not possible, since it is not his goal.
His goal is to hijack the threads. He does so successfully anytime people respond to him.
I personally know how hard it is to let such ignorance just go without succumbing to the temptation to educate. But trust me, you only play into his hands when you fall for this temptation.
The only way to prevent him from consistently hijacking these threads is to completely ignore him and to not respond to any of his posts, no matter how outrageous or how badly he gets your goat.
I’m begging you to please ignore him in the future, for the sake of reasonable discussions on these RKBA posts. Thank you.