http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDygAOhm2zg
Just watched this 3 pt. series by Penn and Teller and I had a "Revelation" last night. The 2A isn't about the Milita, it's about the PEOPLE and keeping them armed so that they can be equal TO the Milita.
If you notice there are two parts to the 2A. First part. "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State" OK, our Founding Fathers knew we'd need a Milita to keep the State Secure. But they'd seen Militas and Armies be used by Despots and Tyrrants to oppress "The People" in times past so to stop that they put in a BIG Comma and added: "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. ”
In other words, we know we'll need an Army but in order to stop that Army from being used against the people we're going to make sure that the people are armed too. That way they can defend themselves against the Army if it ever falls into the hands of a Tyrrant.
For years I thought the 2A was about "The People" being armed so THEY could be "The Milita" but I now see that the two are different things.
The Milita is one thing, controled by the State and The People are another thing, free and independant from the State.
Just watched this 3 pt. series by Penn and Teller and I had a "Revelation" last night. The 2A isn't about the Milita, it's about the PEOPLE and keeping them armed so that they can be equal TO the Milita.
If you notice there are two parts to the 2A. First part. "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State" OK, our Founding Fathers knew we'd need a Milita to keep the State Secure. But they'd seen Militas and Armies be used by Despots and Tyrrants to oppress "The People" in times past so to stop that they put in a BIG Comma and added: "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. ”
In other words, we know we'll need an Army but in order to stop that Army from being used against the people we're going to make sure that the people are armed too. That way they can defend themselves against the Army if it ever falls into the hands of a Tyrrant.
For years I thought the 2A was about "The People" being armed so THEY could be "The Milita" but I now see that the two are different things.
The Milita is one thing, controled by the State and The People are another thing, free and independant from the State.