11-28-2018, 05:25 PM
(11-28-2018, 04:39 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: We do not have a citizen militia anymore, except for those renegade ones not recognized by law as national militias. We have regular armed forces and the National Guard. The 2nd Amendment is outdated, no matter what any founding fathers said about it.
Which is exit why the founding fathers granted a right to the People, not to a privileged group. Well, they always gave rights to the People, not to privileged groups. It was just the Jim Crow court that...
Ah, well.
I cannot stop you from having an opinion, of course. I am just saying it is not the only vaguely solid one, that someone can see both sides without saying either is irrational. In that case, with the way constitutional amendments are set up, there are and should be no changes. This being the case, spending political capitol on the issue is wasteful. On good days, even you recognize the situation.
Police response does depend on population density. Given that key difference, it is hardly surprising that the two populations disagree. The official nanny state representatives just cannot get there in time, so you need a private responsibly to take over where the distances involved are real. Those who live in nice comfortable civilized places do not remember the realities of the situation. It becomes real, sinks into ones bones, where one is.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.