Well regulated doesn’t mean what you think it does. When the Constitution was written “well regulated” meant properly working. An accurate marine chronometer was “well regulated” meaning it kept accurate time which was necessary to determine longitude and latitude for navigation. MODERN meaning is controlled.
When did the British authorize the Minutemen who fought at Lexington and Concord to possess not only pistols, swords and muskets, but artillery as well. The British were on their way to confiscate arms, powder and artillery owned by citizens who, to say the least, didn’t think highly of the British Crown.
In the Revolution and War of 1812, militias were rarely effective fighting forces by the standards of the day. They were willing, but usually poorly disciplined and their officers generally didn’t know the first thing about fighting battles. Militia had a reputation of turning tail and running when confronted by regular British troops. In fact one Army unit, the Sixth Infantry Regiment’s unit motto is “regulars by god”. It’s from the Battle of Chippewa during the War of 1812 when a unit dressed in militia uniform mounted a steady attack on British positions. The British Commander is reputed to have said when observing the demeanor of the American troops, “Those are regulars, by god”.
The NG keeps its weapons in the arms room of their armories. As further security measures, the firing pins are kept under tight security an another location and the ammunition is in a third location. To steal functioning weapons, thieves would have to rob two out of three secure locations.
That’s stupid. There were three groups in the colonies, one third supported the British, another third supported the patriots and the third called a pox on both their houses. So join or die was a myth.
The Army Reserve is the Army Reserve. They have no state mission. Unlikely you will convince anyone.
Kept in vault in arms room, yes. Firing pins in another location, no. Limited ammo if any stored at most armories at any one given time, unless going to the range.
Self-preservation and self-expansion are not valid government interests.
True. But the Supreme Court created the rule and has been using it for all our rights for decades now.
The Constitution is neither personal, nor subjective, nor irrelevant.
That is incorrect. It matters what the Constitution says.
The good news is, I'm not wrong.
You make it sound like I'm the only one saying the National Guard is not the militia. It's a fact. No one will ever convince you that the Constitution rules because you don't care. I don't really care whether I convince you or not; I never expect to convince you. I simply state the truth and the facts and back it up with the Constitution and with original intent.
Yet democrats think NG / Military & Leo’s Will side with the Communists / Marxists / Socialists if it all goes down
The Guard, Military, and LEO will side with the communists and marxists when it all goes down. Don't be fooled into thinking that these groups are the same groups of 40 or 50 years ago. They are not. These groups are controlled and staffed by woke, liberal, LGBTQ+-allied, Antifa militants these days. There are men wearing skirts in the Army today.
You don't seem like an influential type to me.
Another example of the right’s willful ignorance of the law, the right’s contempt for the rule of law, and the right’s disdain for the Constitution and individual liberty.
My reserve unit kept its firing pins at another location. The only operational weapons we had in the arms room were the M-1911A1s we had.
All rights are subject to limits and restrictions, including the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment – whether those limits and restrictions are rational or not may be subject to debate.
Never been in the Army Reserves. Commanded to Armor Units in the Guard that did not seperate the firing pins from the weapons. Long after retired, was called in for logistic support as a contractor and was over the arms rooms of two different units at three locations, and over the inventories. Nothing had changed. I even picked up weapons at state HQ for transport to the unit. They were fully functional when I picked them up and fully functional when I locked them in the racks in the vault back at the unit.
Breaking new ground?
and even more so where the first amendment is concerned right?
It is not rational to limit and restrict constitutional freedom
The great thing about all this is that the people get to decide all this and not the infringing congress of an authoritarian government.
