• magnetosphere@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    People with second amendment bumper stickers on their trucks seem to selectively forget the “well regulated” part.

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      10 months ago

      Assuming you are American, you are a member of the militia as that term is used in Article I and the Second Amendment. You may also qualify as a member of the legislatively defined “Unorganized Militia” if you are male, aged 17 to 45.

      As a member of the militia, you are subject to being “well regulated”. What additional regulations do you feel you need imposed upon you in order to feel “well regulated”?

      I would like to see training requirements. I want every person I ever meet to understand the legal standards under which force may be used. I think a class in high school on the laws governing the use of force would be extraordinarily valuable. I think such a class is sufficiently related to the militia’s purposes in “Enforcing law, suppressing insurrection, repelling invasion” as to justify a training requirement under that power.

      I don’t think the 2A bumper sticker people forget the “well regulated” part. I think the people who focus on the “well regulated” part seem to selectively forget that they, too, are members of the militia.

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        10 months ago

        You provide an excellent example regarding training requirements. As part of those, I would also like to include safe use and home storage.

        Yes, I’m American.