Comments on: Rethinking the 2nd Amendment http://gunnuts.net/2008/03/18/rethinking-the-2nd-amendment/ Gun info by shooters, for shooters Thu, 17 May 2012 06:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alcibiades McZombie http://gunnuts.net/2008/03/18/rethinking-the-2nd-amendment/#comment-2825 Alcibiades McZombie Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:30:58 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/18/rethinking-the-2nd-amendment/#comment-2825 If anything, a collective right to self-defense derives from the individual right to self-defense. If anything, a collective right to self-defense derives from the individual right to self-defense.

]]> By: Caleb http://gunnuts.net/2008/03/18/rethinking-the-2nd-amendment/#comment-2826 Caleb Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:31:17 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/18/rethinking-the-2nd-amendment/#comment-2826 I would agree that the right to bear arms does have national defense implications, but that it's not limited to that context. But I guess we'll find out soon enough. I would agree that the right to bear arms does have national defense implications, but that it’s not limited to that context.

But I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

]]> By: Kalium http://gunnuts.net/2008/03/18/rethinking-the-2nd-amendment/#comment-2827 Kalium Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:46:50 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/18/rethinking-the-2nd-amendment/#comment-2827 <i>I disagree that the intent of the 2nd Amendment was for the military, and I disagree that its “core right” has anything to do with militias or the military.</i> The text in question always struck me as very clear on its relevance to the militias of the time. That is not to say that the "core right" (however one defines such a thing, a question beyond me) is military in nature, but only that it's impossible to separate the right to bear arms from its national defense implications. I disagree that the intent of the 2nd Amendment was for the military, and I disagree that its “core right” has anything to do with militias or the military.

The text in question always struck me as very clear on its relevance to the militias of the time. That is not to say that the “core right” (however one defines such a thing, a question beyond me) is military in nature, but only that it’s impossible to separate the right to bear arms from its national defense implications.

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