tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post3136148307839925100..comments2024-03-27T23:59:49.801+00:00Comments on Stoat: The Armalite and the ballot boxWilliam M. Connolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-62599946076236262682018-05-16T18:58:41.871+00:002018-05-16T18:58:41.871+00:00> if it can be argued that a militia is no long...> if it can be argued that a militia is no longer necessary<br /><br />I think you may be mixing what is logically or theoretically possible with what is practically and politically possible. I don't think that an argument that would, in effect, nullify the amendment would have any hope.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-74582803756372378652018-05-16T17:46:56.684+00:002018-05-16T17:46:56.684+00:00You mean, in the real world, or in some fantasy wo...<i>You mean, in the real world, or in some fantasy world where everyone is nice and no-one needs or wants gunz anyway? You know the answer to that one.</i><br /><br />Removing a prohibition on infringing on the right to bear arms doesn't automatically mean all the guns must be taken away. People can still vote for whoever gives them gun legislation at the level they prefer.<br /><br />But really I was just offering another constitutionally-approved remedy as per your suggestion. The amendment clearly has a logical structure, with a premise and a conclusion. Therefore (this is another example of that logical structure) it should be constitutionally allowable to enact gun restrictions if it can be argued that a militia is no longer necessary for the security of a free state.PaulSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-31322726380833842562018-05-16T16:16:41.416+00:002018-05-16T16:16:41.416+00:00A " well regulated militia " exist in th...A " well regulated militia " exist in the US. It is called the National Guard.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-50177455190666659262018-05-16T15:53:23.296+00:002018-05-16T15:53:23.296+00:00> the entire amendment be dropped based on
You...> the entire amendment be dropped based on<br /><br />You mean, in the real world, or in some fantasy world where everyone is nice and no-one needs or wants gunz anyway? You know the answer to that one.<br /><br />> it says 'well regulated militia'<br /><br />It says "A well regulated Militia, being necessary...". It doesn't say that everyone with a gun needs to be in the militia. Attempting to restrict the permission to those in the militia, as CIP also suggests, is doomed to failure. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.<br />William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-41818310764251599652018-05-16T15:38:41.582+00:002018-05-16T15:38:41.582+00:00Couldn't the entire amendment be dropped based...Couldn't the entire amendment be dropped based on its wording, on the grounds that a militia at this moment in time would be either not necessary or insufficient for the security of a free state?<br /><br />Or perhaps even better: realise that the amendment was written in a particular time and place by fallible human beings, and believing that those people 250 years ago had better insight into how to order the vastly different world in which we now live is fucking insane.PaulSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-90769996129040129852018-05-16T13:14:27.186+00:002018-05-16T13:14:27.186+00:00The obvious issue is that it says 'well regula...The obvious issue is that it says 'well regulated militia' which seems different to the 'well regulated access to guns' that you seem to be suggesting as your preferred interpretation.crandleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181530527401007161noreply@blogger.com