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Gun Control & RKBA

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

1. What weapons are appropriate to a State militia?

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:55 PM

Dec 2018

Like the State National Guard?

But the quote references:

Annotation
Primary Holding
Only weapons that have a reasonable relationship to the effectiveness of a well-regulated militia under the Second Amendment are free from government regulation.

So what are we to infer?

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United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939) [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 OP

What weapons are appropriate to a State militia? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #1

Well regulated means well equiped. gejohnston Dec 2018 #3

well-regulated militia member murders his wife sharedvalues Dec 2018 #4

appeal to emotion, gejohnston Dec 2018 #7

Nope, appeal to facts. Woman murdered. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #8

about facts, gejohnston Dec 2018 #11

Nearly everything you said is false. Please read here. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #15

Vox gejohnston Dec 2018 #16

Vox is truth seeking media sharedvalues Dec 2018 #19

the average Vox writer gejohnston Dec 2018 #21

This is a rightwing talking point. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #22

no, it is objective fact gejohnston Dec 2018 #23

An example of an article with internal inconsistencies discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #29

So if you pay taxes in Ferguson, Missouri... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #12

No, but if you buy ammo, you're complicit in Sandy Hook sharedvalues Dec 2018 #14

That just smells like more "flexible logic" n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #26

See the list of small arms here discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #5

And Scalia's later Heller decision was motivated by politics. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #2

re: "Originalism is a bullshit excuse..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #6

Originalism is Republican bullsh*t. As i said. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #9

Thanks, I will read it but, respectfully... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #10

Respectfully, Scalia, Heller, and "originalism" get Americans killed sharedvalues Dec 2018 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author gejohnston Dec 2018 #17

Please continue to defend Republican judges nm sharedvalues Dec 2018 #18

I defend the BoR, gejohnston Dec 2018 #20

"Well-regulated militia" sharedvalues Dec 2018 #25

which meant you show up with your own gun and gear gejohnston Dec 2018 #27

bulloffal on equipped jimmy the one Jan 2019 #38

To "regulate" the equipment of the militia would apply to #1, yagotme Jan 2019 #39

I am right, you are wrong. gejohnston Jan 2019 #40

no rebuttals, just ad homs & cheap shots & tap dancing jimmy the one Jan 2019 #41

only a postload of ad hominem & cheap shots gejohnston Jan 2019 #42

you're confused discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #43

Legal Definition of in pari materia discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #28

re: germane discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #24

miller vs unorganized militia jimmy the one Jan 2019 #30

re: "This 1939 supreme court ruling on miller was UNANIMOUS." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #31

unorganized militia is a JOKE jimmy the one Jan 2019 #34

Thank you: "It is an opinion..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #35

The current existing law from Title 10 of the US Code discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #36

Last but not least re: "...JOKE" discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #44

Two comments. aikoaiko Jan 2019 #32

You are dead wrong on just about everything jimmy the one Jan 2019 #33

Problems with some of your comments: yagotme Jan 2019 #37