re militia incredibly long in article c n vy ej ulowell ulowell edu jrutledg cs ulowell edu john lawrence rutledge writes in article qna m nq transfer stratus com cdt sw stratus com c d tavares writes again my response is so what is mr rutledge arguing that since the local and federal governments have abandoned their charter to support such activity and passed laws prohibiting private organizations from doing so that they have eliminated the basis for the rkba on the contrary to anyone who understands the game they have strengthened it no i originally argued that the second amendment was a little bit and an anachronism these prohibiting laws are examples why the are an anachronism after all laws in made by representatives of the people these representatives of the people have already decided that the second amendment does not apply or is too broad in some cases since these representatives feel an unconditional interpretation is not wanted then it is probable that they majority of the people feel the same way if this is so it is an example of the people using their power of government if this is not how the people feel the people should stand up and state their wishes i ll point out that the whole point of the difficult amendment process was to require a super majority to change the supreme law making it impossible for a majority of the people to simply change the law on a whim simply changing the meaning based on the representatives of the people effectively destroys the amendment process the state s you know are also entitled to a say under that process mox nix mr rutledge you are the only one here claiming that the rkba is dependent on the existence of a top flight well regulated militia why this is a false assumption has already been posted a number of times no i simple stated that the people have a right to join a well organized militia i ll note that that right could be considered protected under the first amendment s protection of peaceful assembly unless you would consider a militia inherently non peaceful then they ve stated the same thing twice david veal univ of tenn div of cont education info services group pa utkvm utk edu i still remember the way you laughed the day your pushed me down the elevator shaft i m beginning to think you don t love me anymore weird al
