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edhopper

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3. Exactly

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 10:19 AM

Aug 25

no matter what the anti-constitutional SCOTUS or the gun fetish crowd thinks, the Federalist Papers clearly show the 2nd Amendment was not about individual gun rights, but about Militias to defend the States. "Well Regulated Militia" is the key phrase, not "The Right to Bare Arms" absent of any qualification.
Trump commanding the National Guard over the objections of the State's Governor, or sending one State's Guard to another without consent is grossly unconstitutional.
Not that that matters anymore.

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Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to g [View all] riversedge Aug 25 OP

I didn't know the US still had a constitution. Irish_Dem Aug 25 #1

Beat me to it JustAnotherGen Aug 25 #2

When you come from a large Irish Catholic family you have to be quick with your jokes. Irish_Dem Aug 25 #4

Exactly edhopper Aug 25 #3