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TigressDem

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12. Militias are NOT supposed to be citizens against the government according to the CONSTITUTION
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:52 PM
Jun 2022

2nd Ammendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.


Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15 and 16 OF THE CONSTITUTION defines what a well regulated Militia MEANS



(Clause 15 – The Militia)

[The Congress shall have Power] To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

(Clause 16 – The Militia)

[The Congress shall have Power] To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

From the U.S. Senate web site:

Under these provisions, the right of the states to maintain a militia, including what is now the National Guard, is always subordinate to the power of Congress. In 1795 Congress first gave the president authority to call out the militia to suppress insurrections. Presidents employed this power to enforce federal law during desegregation disputes during the 1950s, and later during the civil disturbances in various cities during the 1960s

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Yep... GoldandSilver Jun 2022 #1
When the second amendment was drafted central scrutinizer Jun 2022 #2
Yep Rebl2 Jun 2022 #3
So they prefer an autocracy?? Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #4
Actually, a lot of them do come out and say it. Claustrum Jun 2022 #5
I don't believe protection has anything to do with it. Demobrat Jun 2022 #6
They especially want everyone to fear being Quakerfriend Jun 2022 #7
Except these areweapons of aggression. 2naSalit Jun 2022 #8
Bingo LymphocyteLover Jun 2022 #9
the whole point of the Second Amendment Lithos Jun 2022 #10
Freedom. Frasier Balzov Jun 2022 #11
Militias are NOT supposed to be citizens against the government according to the CONSTITUTION TigressDem Jun 2022 #12
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