09-07-2016, 04:27 PM
(09-07-2016, 12:44 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: And our democracy does not depend on a bunch of gun fanatics who refuse to go beyond their fearful ignorance. And armies have never been made up of militias composed of individual firearm owners. You seem to forget that little detail. States provide for armies by taxing their citizens and providing arms to the soldiers they draft or hire.
Still trotting out that factually incorrect argument? Many of the military units in the American Civil War were militia (especially early on). As for your inevitable "but that was 150 years ago!", please see my above link on Kurdish People's Protection Units.
The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master: I take the responsibility of my acts: The only arbiter I acknowledge is the sword: If any one denies my right, let him try conclusions with me. -- Lysander Spooner