Bootney Lee Farnsworth
Diamond Member
Again, no explanation....just bullshit.I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."Actually, I do know what I'm talking about, because that last part is NOT in the text of the Amendment. Go back and check. If you find "entire People may not be Infringed when keeping and bearing Arms for their State or the Union", throw away the book you're reading or never go back to that web site again because it's lying to you.You have no idea what you are talking and only resort to fallacy, legal or otherwise.That's not in there, you added that last part. IOW, it doesn't say what you want it to say, so you change it. Bearing arms is an individual right, as found by the SC. Or, if you insist on continuing with this, what protest group do you belong to that confers the right to free speech for you?That well-regulated militia of the whole and entire People may not be Infringed when keeping and bearing Arms for their State or the Union.The security of a free state is the stated reason, yes.Our Second Amendment is clearly about the security of our free States not Individual liberty.
But, what is the operative clause in the sentence?
I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."
— George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on
Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, 1788
— George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on
Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, 1788