tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451288357533743404.post7309092640483019477..comments2023-12-05T08:00:14.402-05:00Comments on On Second Opinion Blog: The District of Columbia vs Heller Dissent - Part 1David E. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108309257699077532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451288357533743404.post-3378319125116216752014-03-06T21:32:45.976-05:002014-03-06T21:32:45.976-05:00The Heller amicus brief filed by Academics for the...The Heller amicus brief filed by Academics for the Second Amendment http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publishing/preview/publiced_preview_briefs_pdfs_07_08_07_290_RespondentAmCuAcafor2ndAmend.authcheckdam.pdf <br />lays out this case quite eloquently, noting:<br />"To Petitioners, the Amendment creates a “right of the people” that is void where prohibited by law, indeed void unless authorized by law. What intent, one might ask, could possibly have motivated so remarkable a “right”? Petitioners answer that it must have been intended to ensure that States could arm the militia if Congress neglected to do so. Yet this is one intent we can absolutely rule out. The Virginia Ratifying Convention proposals, from which Madison worked, had a clause providing precisely that. Madison did not include it, and the First Senate voted down a motion to reinsert it."Spottydog3https://www.blogger.com/profile/17465988315771660359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451288357533743404.post-53161309160516730162014-02-14T17:49:43.203-05:002014-02-14T17:49:43.203-05:00As my wife always tells me, "half a truth is ...As my wife always tells me, "half a truth is as good as a lie". Thanks for this in-depth look at Mason's writings regarding the militia. I've always viewed such organization as being subservient to and dependent upon people's fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms. In other words, armed defense begins with self, extending to family, community, and so on as the need arises. 44https://www.blogger.com/profile/12279323738793315123noreply@blogger.com