Militia: Near Universal Membership
Militia: Near Universal ServiceFor society to depend upon professional “police” and other “law-enforcement” and “internal-security” forces separate from, independent of, and perhaps antagonistic to the people...
2nd Amendment: Community Self-Defense
Community Self-Defense Structure: MilitiaThe special constitutional position, status, and authority of “the Militia of the several States” their separation from the “Armies”, “Navy”, and other...
National Guard: Not a Militia
National Guard: Not a Constitutional State MilitiaThe National Guard is neither “ well regulated Militia”, as the Second Amendment uses that term; nor one...
Militia: Permanent Constitutional Institutions
Militia: Permanent Constitutional and State InstitutionsThe Constitution recognizes “the Militia of the several States”—the “well regulated Militia” referred to in the Second Amendment as...
How are Militia Created?
Militia CreationMilitia in this America were always the products of charters, ordinances, acts, and statutes—and, as such, they were both created and “regulated” by governments in,...
Militia Arms: Kept in the Home
Militiamen: Arms Kept in the HomeThe widespread private ownership of firearms suitable for service in the Militia created a peculiar kind of private property...
Regular Armed Forces and Militia Firearms
Regular Armed Forces and Militia Firearms: EquivalentThe Militia must always be in personal possession of the types of firearms, ammunition, and accoutrements that are...
Militia: Reliance on the Free Market for Arms
Militia: Free Market Access to ArmsEvery individual eligible for Militia service must enjoy untrammeled access to Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition in the free market...
2nd Amendment: “Arms”
2nd Amendment: "Arms"Because “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms” must conduce at least to the maintenance of “ well regulated...
2nd Amendment: “The Right”
2nd Amendment: "the Right"The Second Amendment secures to each individual “the right to keep and bear Arms”, not just for his own benefit, but...
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“Judicial Supremacy” Through “Judicial Review”
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“Left” vs. “Right” Phony Political Spectrum
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“War”: The Constitutional Meaning
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“Aggregate Powers”
“Aggregate Powers”: Powers Cobbled Together and Exercised by Rogue Government Officials That are Not Enumerated in the Constitution
Typically, when aspiring usurpers and tyrants cannot rationalize...
“Gun Control”
"Gun Control"In the pre-constitutional period, had the term been current, “gun control” would have meant, not keeping firearms and ammunition away from as many...