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6. U.S. Constitution - Article 2 Section 2

Tue Mar 27, 2018, 01:50 PM

Mar 2018

"Militias" are not defined in the Constitution as just anybody who wants to form a group. In fact the President, and therefore the Federal Government, is the "Commander in Chief" of state militias.

Perhaps it would be helpful if judges ruling on the 2nd Amendment, and those claiming to be in militias actually read the entire Constitution?

U.S. Constitution - Article 2 Section 2

"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States when called into the actual Service of the United States..."

The modern day state "militia" of course being the National Guard.

“The 2nd Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever.” - Conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

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A well regulated militia, the gunner's myth exploded in two parts. [View all] flamin lib Mar 2018 OP

Now you've done it. billh58 Mar 2018 #1

yet ironically the gunners complain of activist courts HopeAgain Mar 2018 #2

But Timewas Mar 2018 #3

The phrasing is 'right of the people'. flamin lib Mar 2018 #5

I agree Timewas Mar 2018 #14

Also the 18th century militias were B. Y. O. B. Marcuse Mar 2018 #9

yes Timewas Mar 2018 #15

Because the militia of the day was made up of individual citizens louis c Mar 2018 #11

Time for Review of the 2nd Amendment and make Clarity Civic Justice Mar 2018 #4

Thank you! Duppers Mar 2018 #13

U.S. Constitution - Article 2 Section 2 SHRED Mar 2018 #6

One thing I am quite sure of is that the current prevailing interpretation is perverted bullshit world wide wally Mar 2018 #7

When a revolutionary government also adds in.. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #8

yeeppp....comin for your guns...everything they do and say is a lie mentalslavery Mar 2018 #10

Permanently bookmarking this Beauty. byronius Mar 2018 #12

On the frontier in the late 1700s nitpicker Mar 2018 #16

I have tried to tell people jarhead69 Jun 2018 #17