I would love to send this person an altered copy of our Constitution where "people" is replaced with "National Guard."
Reading that altered Constitution does express the basic point of "WE THE PEOPLE..."
Me too.. Isn't it strange the first National Guard Unit wasn't even formed until the early nineteen hundreds..
Pinging the bang_list again, for the mailto link...
Good point. The Militia just didn't wake up one morning and decide to authorize itself to arm itself. That authorization came from We The People, collectively and individually. . . and We The People could not authorize a group to arm itself unless that right was inherent with We The People, individually. Cops are an extension of We The People as well. The only reason they are armed is because We The People authorized them to be armed. And again, We The People could not arm the cops unless we had that right to begin with . . . collectively and individually.
As one of We The People, I don't remember ever giving up the right to defend myself when and where necessary. On the contrary, it will always be my personal responsibility to protect myself, and not rely on someone who is far from the scene when and if my life is endangered. Otherwise, I would not have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
So the entire issue of gun control rests on a false premise . . . that your right to life is dependant upon the nearness of someone else who is armed who will protect your life. And that is clearly a pile of B.S.