[lbo-talk] 2d Amendment/Rule of Law (Was: The curse of literacy)

[martin]

Unfortunately your analysis is misdirected at the guns rather than the 
freedom. The ambiguity is due to the nature of the intent - defense 
against the rulers.

Martin

On Jul 23, 2004, at 5:29 PM, Bill Bartlett wrote:


> Its all very academic of course. The US state no longer relies on a 
> voluntary militia for defense and it doesn't even satisfy the 
> definition of being a "free state" anymore. So the preconditions that 
> make the right to bear arms necessary, according to the constitutional 
> provision in question, no longer apply. On that basis, the right to 
> bear arms is redundant.