BuffetDestroyer, on Jun 23 2008, 11:23 AM, said:
No, the "Draft" is not mentioned by name, but how else does Congress call the the people or militia to arms? Do they get on a loudspeaker and just say, "Hey you males out there that are physically able, go to war for us... and bring your M-16's, Grenades, SAW's and line up over there!"
No, they call on the Selective Service program like they did in both World Wars, but sidestepped in Vietnam. Do you remember filling out that little card? I do! How else in history has this ever happened?
That's not the constitutional militia. That's a standing army. There's a difference.
BuffetDestroyer, on Jun 23 2008, 11:23 AM, said:
So your "individual right" interpretation means that the only time the Constitution gives YOU the right to bear arms is in the case when it involves calling a Militia. This interpretation says absolutely nothing about a person's individual right to defend themself from personal threats...
No, that's not what I said. I said it gives us the right to bear arms so that in case someday the congress decides to call the militia, we will have arms ready to go and answer the call. It doesn't say anything about not being able to use those arms for defense, hunting or what ever else in the mean time... as long as you have them ready to go when/if congress does call for you.
BuffetDestroyer, on Jun 23 2008, 11:23 AM, said:
That means that the interpretation of the 2nd Amendment should only be applied in the context of the Militia, rather than the People.
Except that the militia are the people. That's the whole reason they went to the trouble of defining the militia. The people are the militia. They can not be seperated.
BuffetDestroyer, on Jun 23 2008, 11:23 AM, said:
If you still want to believe that some other type or form of Militia will ever be called by Congress (other than Selective Service), feel free! I however would like to keep the means to defend myself when Congress isn't there to call and tell me I can intervene in a life and limb scenario.
You still aren't catching onto the part about ownership before the call to militia aren't you?
Let's cover this again since you really really don't want to read what was actually written. 1) The purpose of allowing the ownership of firearms is incase a militia is needed. 2) The militia is all citizens of the United States 3) Militia member (US Citizens) are expected to own arms in case the militia is ever called.
Ergo, Yes, you get to own a gun because, Yes, you are a member of the constitutional militia and, NO, Congress has never called the militia, but NO, that doesn't mean you don't get to own a firearm because go back to the begining of this run on sentence.
BuffetDestroyer, on Jun 23 2008, 11:23 AM, said:
Also using similar rose-colored logic, I suppose the 1989 ban is a great law for our sovreignty too since it protects American Commerce!
What?
BuffetDestroyer, on Jun 23 2008, 11:23 AM, said:
I personally love having to buy $300 worth of aftermarket U.S. made shit to put my rifle or shotgun into it's orginal functional configuration! Maybe we should do the same thing with cars and require U.S. Parts counts to help the little guys like GM and Ford. Then our cars would only cost twice what they do now and be half as reliable!
What?
BuffetDestroyer, on Jun 23 2008, 11:23 AM, said:
What part of "shall not be infringed" isn't making sense? The fucking dead horse has been beat again.... I can't believe I am arguing this shit on this forum.... No fucking wonder these bans pass!
Seriously, WHAT?
Have you gone mental? What the fuck are you talking about?