Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - 2nd Amendment. What did the Founding Fathers consider "arms".
Thread: 2nd Amendment. What did the Founding Fathers consider "arms".
View Single Post
 
Old 07-27-2022, 12:29 PM
justjim justjim is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Illinois, Tennesee, Florida, Village of Caroline, Sanibel, LaBelle
Posts: 6,121
Thanks: 60
Thanked 1,758 Times in 744 Posts
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
That still looks like the National Guard to me as a "well regulated" militia and not some group of Villagers, for instance, interested in guns.

Effect of the NRA (National Rifle Association) As a Citizens Special Interest Group Concerned With the Criminal Justice System | Office of Justice Programs

Militia Act of 1903 - Wikipedia

The Supreme Court took a wrong turn mainly because of the intense lobbying by a changed NRA.
Tal (0P). You make a good point. The National Guard is as much the people today as the Militia was the people in the 1700’s. The big difference is the so called “fire power” of the individual guns (weapons) that people can now (because of technology) possess.
__________________
Most people are as happy as they make up their mind to be. Abraham Lincoln