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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: Elderberry on November 01, 2019, 12:02:25 pm
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Indiana Daily Student by Jonah Hyatt 10/31/2019
OPINION: It is necessary to understand the true meaning of the Second Amendment
The interpretation of the Second Amendment commonly accepted by many Americans is that the right to bear arms is necessary to maintain freedom against a tyrannical government. However, when looking back at the historical context of why the amendment was passed, it is painfully obvious this was far from the intent of the founders.
The Second Amendment’s original intent was the disbanding of standing armies because they were viewed as a threat to a stable government. Following a war, the army would be forced to disband, forming local militia groups in their states.
This actually served to protect the government against a hostile takeover by a standing army rather than to empower the people to fight against a tyrannical government, the exact opposite of how many interpret the amendment.
Militias were regulated by the states and southern militias were referred to as slave patrols. In Georgia, for example, all white plantation owners or their white male employees were required by law to join the Georgia militia, making regular inspections of slaves’ quarters to prevent uprisings.
More: https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/10/opsecond102919 (https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/10/opsecond102919)
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. Whatever you may think of the author's perspective, it seems clear that the 2A was never concerned with guaranteeing the natural right of individual self defense, outside the context of a militia. That right was only secured centuries later by a SCOTUS majority.
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Apparently some people don't realize that the mental meanderings of a student writing for a campus news paper don't really deserve a whole lot of consideration validity wise.
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Apparently some people don't realize that the mental meanderings of a student writing for a campus news paper don't really deserve a whole lot of consideration validity wise.
Am I to ascribe greater merit to your mental meanderings?
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Barf alert is right. It's amazing how so many supposedly "educated" people can so badly misread a very plainly written Amendment in our Constitution.
This student at IU just adds to that list. It's his opinion and like so many others his opinion is incorrect and based on a false premise.
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Am I to ascribe greater merit to your mental meanderings?
It's quite clear that @verga has a better grasp and understanding of the Second Amendment than this student writing the opinion piece.
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Another educated idiot. Indoctrination was completed via his matriculation at I of U.