tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7409316157934451299.post8248873841025963245..comments2024-03-11T20:11:21.373-04:00Comments on The Outlaw Josie Brown: SCOTUS Club Remix In Da HouseJosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303996123411070924noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7409316157934451299.post-55307694547994513972008-07-04T11:39:00.000-04:002008-07-04T11:39:00.000-04:00A lot of the bloggers I frequent consider the 2A t...A lot of the bloggers I frequent consider the 2A to be the "reset button" of the Constitution. The government has to know at all times that if they become too abusive, the people retain the ability to remove them by force. That is, in my opinion, the entire purpose of the amendment. Hunting is entirely peripheral, and self-defense from criminals is a good by-product, but what no person in government seems to be able to admit is that the Founders included in their document a provision to ensure the possibility of violent overthrow of the government. Even Scalia shows his own denial of this fact when he asserts that gun ownership is permissible for "lawful purposes." <br><br>With that purpose in mind, the militia aspect becomes much clearer. Modern advocates of restriction point to the National Guard as an example of the militia but this is entirely contrary to the intent of the Framers. The militia is the people - regular citizens who are so numerous and diffuse that they cannot be overcome short of total destruction. A standing army under government control (whether state or federal) can never fulfill this role.<br><br>As to the possibility of future insurrection, I agree with you but for different reasons. The government will continue to grow; that's what it does. I fear that it will grow so incrementally that the people will never be so shocked as to rise up in the manner of our Founders. If you don't think we're approaching a reasonable boiling point, then I fear you've not been paying attention. This same Court has decided that a city may evict you from your home if it thinks somebody else will get them more tax revenue with it. Local police chiefs are enacting plans to set up checkpoints in neighborhoods and deny entry to people they judge as not belonging there.<br><br>Anyway, happy Independence Day to you, Jos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com