Third - 'of the people'
IS a prepositional phrase.
It starts with a preposition and ends with a noun.
It CANNOT be the subject of a sentence.
Rules of the English language.
https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/pre...onalphrase.htm
Last edited by McRocket; 01-25-2022 at 05:18 PM.
Doc Dutch (01-25-2022)
AProudLefty (01-25-2022)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State
That's pretty clear by itself. No law passed in 1956 will change that.
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
That's also clear. It's TWO separate things and can be associated with each other.
A small community can form a small militia in case SHTF according to the 2nd Amendment.
When our government collapses, who do we rely on?
Doc Dutch (01-25-2022)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1903
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001...pam90993/?sp=2
'The Militia Act of 1903
'The first section reiterates the law of 1793, that the militia shall consist of every able-bodied citizen between eighteen and forty-five, and divides the militia into two classes — the organized militia or National Guard, and the unorganized or reserve militia.
The third section defines the " organized militia " as the regu- larly enlisted, organized, and uniformed militia which shall here- after participate in the annual militia appropriation (heretofore only one million a year). It gives the President authority to fix the minimum number of enlisted men in each company.''
https://archive.org/details/jstor-25...ge/n1/mode/2up
And saying that nothing passed since the 2nd Amendment was written can change or clarify what what the latter mean?
Come on now?
You cannot actually believe that?
I thought you were smarter than that?
Last edited by McRocket; 01-25-2022 at 05:46 PM.
To me it's pretty clear that the militia and the people are one and the same. If "the people" want to organize a militia, they are free to do so. They are not a threat to the government.
In a nutshell, the militia are the people and the people are the militia.
Tell me if I am wrong.
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