david starling
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We have homicidal drug gangs with illegal guns, thanks to the "War on Drugs!
Well, speaking technically, the states ought to supply the arms and ammo, as well as other provisions. I think that bit fell by the wayside...it happens.The "right to bear arms" is to be "well regulated" by each State. Says so, right in the Amendment. Did someone cross that out with a felt pen?
Come to Canada. Trudeau is in the process of disarming citizens with legal guns, and lessening the penalties for having illegal guns.It was to fight the British, and hostile Indigenous tribes, which were a real threat at the time, not the U.S. military or the State's own militia.
"Regulated" in English has meant "following rules" since the 16th Century.
Personally, I feel a State's citizens would have more security WITHOUT a bunch of homicidal maniacs legally carrying concealed firearms.
What about knives? Will he confiscate those?Well, speaking technically, the states ought to supply the arms and ammo, as well as other provisions. I think that bit fell by the wayside...it happens.
Come to Canada. Trudeau is in the process of disarming citizens with legal guns, and lessening the penalties for having illegal guns.
An old saw, but true - when governments take your guns away they mean to do something to you that you'd shoot them for.
It also meant cannons and all the weapons on a privateer ship. The government used to rent the ships. Basically - any weapon. Joe was wrong about not being able to privately own a cannon. Then again, he's wrong about a lot of stuff.When the 2nd Amendment was written, "arms" meant muzzle loading flint lock rifles and pistols. Ever tried to load and shoot one of those?
Harpoons! Don't forget about harpoons!It also meant cannons and all the weapons on a privateer ship. The government used to rent the ships. Basically - any weapon. Joe was wrong about not being able to privately own a cannon. Then again, he's wrong about a lot of stuff.
So, the royal star Regulus has nothing to do with rulership in the Heavens?No. The right to bear arms is a constitutional right. Probably also a right in many states, but even if it isn't in some, you have the right to own and bear arms in the US.
The well-regulated militia (e.g., well-provisioned) needs to be there in case the federal government goes overboard - so you can fight tyranny. The founding fathers were intimately familiar with government corruption and overreach. Things haven't changed much on that front.
Regulated then meant provisioned and capable, not rule-bound, the way we'd define it today. It doesn't have to be formal, it's people that can and will defend their city/state.
You should have a gun (I know, I know!), but...things are getting crazy out there.
When the 2nd Amendment was written, "arms" meant muzzle loading flint lock rifles and pistols. Ever tried to load and shoot one of those?
other mind blowing shocking things that came out today were minor in comparison, like :Former President Donald Trump lunged at a Secret Service agent in a rage in the presidential limousine when told he could not be taken to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a former White House aide testified Tuesday.
"I'm the 'effing' president, take me up to the Capitol now!" Trump insisted, according to the aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, describing what she was told had happened in the limo that day.
Trump moved to the front of the presidential limo and reached toward the steering wheel, Hutchinson said.
The head of Trump’s Secret Service detail Bobby Engel grabbed Trump’s hand off of the steering wheel, Hutchinson said she was told by Anthony Ornato, Trump’s chief of operations. Engel was present for the conversation.
“Sir, you need to take your hand off of the steering wheel, we’re going back to the West Wing, we’re not going to the Capitol,” Hutchinson recounted being told by Ornato.
“The president had a very strong, very angry response to” being told the Secret Service couldn’t take him to the Capitol after his speech on the Ellipse that day, Hutchinson testified during Tuesday’s hearing before the Jan. 6 committee.
“Mr. Meadows did seek that pardon,” said Hutchinson. “Yes, ma’am.”
News of top White House officials asking for last-minute presidential pardons shows they were concerned about complicity in the events leading up to the attempted coup at the Capitol that resulted in nine people dead, including four police officers who died from suicide.
The revelations come days after the committee named four members of Congress who were close to the Trump White House who also sought pardons: Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Mo Brooks (Ala.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.) and Louie Gohmert (Texas).
The committee previously revealed that Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) sought a presidential pardon, too.