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...
“Well Regulated Militia”
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2nd Amendment: “Necessary”
2nd Amendment: The Word "Necessary" What is “necessary” is “impossible * * * to be dispensed with”.Source: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, (Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1913), ...
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...
2nd Amendment: Proper Grammatical Construction
2nd Amendment: Grammatical ConstructionAs with the Constitution in general, the Second Amendment in particular must be interpreted as a coherent whole, in which every...
2nd Amendment: Proper Constitutional Construction
2nd AmendmentProper Constitutional ConstructionThe Founders provided ready and effective means within the Constitution whereby WE THE PEOPLE themselves could repel invaders, put down domestic insurrectionists, and...
“the Militia of the several States”
“the Militia of the several States”GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS THAT EXERCISE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY—THOROUGHLY CIVILIAN
“The Militia of the several States”: Governmental Institutions, Thoroughly Civilian
“The Militia of the...
2nd Amendment: “Individual Right Only” Theory is Wrong
2nd Amendment: "Individual Right Only" Theory is WrongThe real constitutional argument against contemporary "gun control" lies in the first thirteen words of the Second...
A Review of the 2nd Amendment Heller Case with Edwin Vieira
Dr. Edwin Vieira reviews the Second Amendment District of Columbia v. Heller case.
In this lecture, Dr. Vieira exposes the dangerous fallacy in the contemporary...
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