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In reply to the discussion: A well regulated Militia, [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)39. It did. But some still continue to insist militia-or-nothing.
With a citizen militia, you can still define criteria for exclusion from the militia. If you use drugs. If you ever beat your spouse or partner. If you're mentally ill. If you're a convicted felon. We use and fine-tune this criteria all the time.
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Nice contribution; not just for the current debate but female empowerment in general. TY n/t
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2014
#12
interesting, so congress can change the meaning of the constitutional term "militia" at any time?
unblock
May 2014
#33
Most of the states have a militia requirement written into their Constitutions.
former9thward
May 2014
#51
Well, to me it's another way of looking at the same language that you look at.
CTyankee
May 2014
#43
agree with Eleanor -- you raise some good points and articulate them well
maggiesfarmer
May 2014
#48
Both the president and the Democratic party platform say the 2A protects an individual right
hack89
May 2014
#14
"Prussia is not a state that has an army, but an army that has a state." Mirabeau
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2014
#15
The same as always. *Shrug* and be amazed at what people will accept.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2014
#45
the fact that you would exclude/delete HALF of the Second Amendment told me all I need to know
napkinz
May 2014
#41
Then why did they throw in that part about the militia? There is no such language in
CTyankee
May 2014
#44
Yes, it is called the Bill or Rights but here I can understand why they thought
CTyankee
May 2014
#53
There's a bit more involved: their militia requirements; their homogeneity; their history of war-
WinkyDink
May 2014
#34