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A well regulated militia...

ComengetitComengetit Member Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭✭✭
Well, here it is in a rainbow of colors. The most important amendment to the Constitution. The one right that guarantees all others. Will you fight for it. As a few wise men have pointed out, the time is not now but, it is near. Are you prepared to do what you must to protect Liberty?

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."
Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

reg?u?late (r#277;g'y#601;-l#257;t')To put or maintain in order: regulate one's eating habits.

mi?li?tia (m#601;-l#301;sh'#601;)An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.
A military force that is not part of a regular army and is subject to call for service in an emergency.
The whole body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.
Absolutely essential. See synonyms at indispensable.
Needed to achieve a certain result or effect; requisite: the necessary tools.

nec?es?sar?y (n#277;s'#301;-s#277;r'#275;)Unavoidably determined by prior conditions or circumstances; inevitable: the necessary results of overindulgence.
Logically inevitable.
Required by obligation, compulsion, or convention: made the necessary apologies

se?cu?ri?ty (s#301;-ky#650;r'#301;-t#275;)Freedom from risk or danger; safety.
Freedom from doubt, anxiety, or fear; confidence.

free (fr#275;)Not imprisoned or enslaved; being at liberty.
Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: felt free to go.
Having political independence: "America . . . is the freest and wealthiest nation in the world" (Rudolph W. Giuliani).
Governed by consent and possessing or granting civil liberties: a free citizenry.
Not subject to arbitrary interference by a government: a free press.
Not affected or restricted by a given condition or circumstance: a healthy animal, free of disease; free from need.
Not subject to a given condition; exempt: income that is free of all taxes.

state (st#257;t)One of the more or less internally autonomous territorial and political units composing a federation under a sovereign government: the 48 contiguous states of the Union.

peo?ple (p#275;'p#601;l)The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the: "those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes" (Thomas Jefferson).

keep (k#275;p)To maintain for use or service: an urbanite who didn't keep a car.
To manage, tend, or have charge of: Keep the shop while I'm away.
To preserve

bear (b?r)To hold up; support.
To carry from one place to another; transport.
in?fringe (#301;n-fr#301;nj'); v., To encroach on someone or something; engage in trespassing

en?croach (#277;n-kr#333;ch'); v.,To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily

"The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never laid down to begin with."

"If I find you here Tonight..... THEY will find you here in the Morning"

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  • HighballHighball Member Posts: 15,755
    edited November -1
    Comengetit; You forgot this...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000311----000-.html
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    ? 311. Militia: composition and classes


    Release date: 2005-07-12

    (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
    (b) The classes of the militia are-
    (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
    (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

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    ? 312. Militia duty: exemptions


    Release date: 2005-07-12

    (a) The following persons are exempt from militia duty:
    (1) The Vice President.
    (2) The judicial and executive officers of the United States, the several States and Territories, and Puerto Rico.
    (3) Members of the armed forces, except members who are not on active duty.
    (4) Customhouse clerks.
    (5) Persons employed by the United States in the transmission of mail.
    (6) Workmen employed in armories, arsenals, and naval shipyards of the United States.
    (7) Pilots on navigable waters.
    (8) Mariners in the sea service of a citizen of, or a merchant in, the United States.
    (b) A person who claims exemption because of religious belief is exempt from militia duty in a combatant capacity, if the conscientious holding of that belief is established under such regulations as the President may prescribe. However, such a person is not exempt from militia duty that the President determines to be noncombatant

    Pretty clear. Those persons above specifically exempt...for the rest...either you are a member of the militia...or you ain't an American.
  • chunkstylechunkstyle Member Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In 18th Century usage, "regulate" could also mean the same as "equip".

    "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross."
    ~Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

    "Our enemies...never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
    ~President George W. Bush
  • ComengetitComengetit Member Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The manner in which we as a people have been led like sheep by a sheperd through the all entangling web of deception is nothing short of genius. A plan so well orchestrated that the very notion, no matter how well conceived, that we as a populous would be so blind as too aimlessly follow into that great abyss of servitude eats at the pit of my stomach. The militia's non-existance as an organized band of brothers united against a common cause is a testament to the hiearchy of this United States Federal Government and their outwardly obvious never ending campaign too tighten the reigns ever more until we are without breath. For they have underestimated our unwavering commitment to forever uphold the Constitution and all of her liberties contained within. A few good men per every hundred, this fight, this struggle between good and evil that knows of no bounds our valor be infinite and our vision be clear. It is thee for whom the bell tolls, let freedom ring.-comengetit

    "The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never laid down to begin with."

    "If I find you here Tonight..... THEY will find you here in the Morning"
  • gunphreakgunphreak Member Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interesting...

    The main focus should always be, "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." The preamble part only describes "Why?".

    Death to Tyrants!!!
    Lev 26:14-39

    Those who would offer any interpretation that would relegate Amendment II to "relic" status of a bygone era are blatantly stating that the remainder of the Bill of Rights isn't worth a damn, either.

    Luke 22:36.
    "Followers of Christ, be armed."
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