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Second Amendment and Our Nuclear Arsenal
The second Amendment reads, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
So the founding fathers had in mind not just hunting and personal self defense.
Rather they connected "the right to keep and bear arms" to the need for "a well regulated militia" for the sake of "the security of a free state."
In short, the founding fathers put the emphasis on citizen soldiers (that's what a militia is -- a group of citizen soldiers.)
By definition, a militia is an auxiliary to the professional army.
So on the basis of this implied connection to the national military,
any militia should have an interest in national defense.
And "the security of a free state."
This is where the the Second Amendment
(and the Constitution) has failed:
We have the NRA to defend and protect our gun rights, but NOBODY
-- no organization like the NRA --
to protect our missile rights.
I mean the anti-gun people have gone after our missiles (since they couldn't take away our guns).
And they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
Because no one was "minding the store."
I mean they (gov't burocrats) have given up our nuclear arsenal,
-- thru misguided arms control agreements --
so much so that our arsenal is only a shell of its former self.
Yes, if the Stalinists are still in power in Russia -- secretly of course --
Now is the time for the Kremlin to strike America.
For they can do so with impunity --
America's once-great nuclear arsenal is gone !!!
So the founding fathers had in mind not just hunting and personal self defense.
Rather they connected "the right to keep and bear arms" to the need for "a well regulated militia" for the sake of "the security of a free state."
In short, the founding fathers put the emphasis on citizen soldiers (that's what a militia is -- a group of citizen soldiers.)
By definition, a militia is an auxiliary to the professional army.
So on the basis of this implied connection to the national military,
any militia should have an interest in national defense.
And "the security of a free state."
This is where the the Second Amendment
(and the Constitution) has failed:
We have the NRA to defend and protect our gun rights, but NOBODY
-- no organization like the NRA --
to protect our missile rights.
I mean the anti-gun people have gone after our missiles (since they couldn't take away our guns).
And they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
Because no one was "minding the store."
I mean they (gov't burocrats) have given up our nuclear arsenal,
-- thru misguided arms control agreements --
so much so that our arsenal is only a shell of its former self.
Yes, if the Stalinists are still in power in Russia -- secretly of course --
Now is the time for the Kremlin to strike America.
For they can do so with impunity --
America's once-great nuclear arsenal is gone !!!
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