Who are the Militia?

[jimmy the one]

15. machiavellian

I wrote: "...excluding about 75% of other americans..."
dscntnt: Really? Today, we don't make distinctions on race or origin. We recognize that gender is not a basis for denying rights. Maybe you have some idea when the last group of Americans was recognized and allowed to vote. Do you?

Taking things out of context again & making some hairbrained allegation or something, completely out of line with what I wrote as historical fact - 75% americans did not have any federal right to bear arms in late 1700's.
Are you alluding to emancipation proclamation or civil rights act? Circa 1862/3 & a hundred years later, so far removed from the virginia declaration of rights in 1776 makes me wonder if you were sober when you wrote this. I kinda hope you weren't, would help excuse your nonsense.

Righting misconceptions and learning from mistakes is part of being progressive; in fact, it's the BEST part.

practice what you preach.

The Greeks and Romans knew a thing or two. "Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other states that have been disarmed have lost their liberties in less than forty years." - Nicollo Machiavelli (1469-1527)

It wasn't for individual roman citizens bearing arms but for legions that rome stayed afloat so long- rome was scared sh**less when caesar crossed the rubicon, cause pompey was in greece or spain iirc;
I suspect machiavelli in awe & approving the conquests of imperial rome, & what has rules of conquest to do with modern day guncontrol efforts? You cite hitlerian mentality draped in machiavellian & roman costume. What are you doing here dscntnt, applauding tyranny? are you FOR the barbarian guerillas, or AGIN them? you approve of machiavellian strategies?
.. rome eventually fell even when they had the 'sword' didn't they? them armed pagan barbarians & turks & muslims.