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The only point I can add here is that the 2A was not penned for "civilian self defense" specifically... and should not be looked at in such a manner.
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Agreed, however, the militia no longer exists but we still have a right to bear arms independent of that says
Heller. I think that Scalia well put it on page 56 when he said:
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that modern developments have limited the degree of fit between the prefactory clause and the protected right
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That is why I believe it is reasonable and constitutional to limit or ban civilian access to most military weapons.
Most of the arguments I see on here are from what I call extremists who believe that by being a part of the "unorganized militia" they have a right to own without restriction (or as long as they don't hurt anybody
) any military weapon they can afford to buy.
Militias, by definition of our constitution are organized, disciplined armed forces. Not a of bunch gun enthusiasts with stingers and grenade launchers living around the nation answerable to no chain of command or military structure. That is not a militia. Actually, the unorganized militia other than being a pool of manpower from which our standing armies can draw has no duties I am aware of prescribed by law.
There are some so-called "New Militias" out there in some states but they are unauthorized voluntary paramilitary organizations. New militias say they are subordinate to civilian authority, but that is not true. Not a single new militia group has its senior officers militarily subordinate to militia officers appointed by the state. None that I have read about can show that there is a chain of command that starts with the governor or the legislature and can be followed down to one of these groups.