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81_Hokie

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So militia refers to something like a neighborhood watch? I don't buy


that. Liberals like to talk about hunting and self defense. Conservatives like to talk about individuals staving off the tyranny of government. Unfortunately they all forget about that pesky "militia" part since it doesn't fit their narrative.

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

Posted: 06/14/2017 at 5:56PM


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  Rand Paul June 2016 tweet -- hooshouse 06/14/2017 4:24PM
  Speaking of Rand Paul, he and Mike Lee were the only 2 senators to vote -- hooshouse 06/14/2017 5:59PM
  He is right. Thats the 2nd in a nutshell. -- psychobilly 06/14/2017 5:13PM
  I just wish we'd get the militia a little more well-regulated. ** -- VAGentleman05 06/14/2017 10:44PM
  You are free to drill as you wish. ** -- hoothat 06/14/2017 11:04PM
  Cool. I want tanks that shoot. Because, natural law. -- Shenhoo 06/14/2017 11:12PM
  You mischaractarize statements -- hoothat 06/14/2017 11:28PM
  I asked you for your historians. Surely given your self proclaimed -- Shenhoo 06/15/2017 08:07AM
  No you did not. -- hoothat 06/15/2017 11:53AM
  You were linking an argument to natural law philosophy. -- Shenhoo 06/15/2017 12:03PM
  You claimed you asked a question you did not -- hoothat 06/15/2017 12:08PM
  If you've shown anything, your time isn't worth much. -- Shenhoo 06/15/2017 12:13PM
  You used to be cool -- hoothat 06/16/2017 1:37PM
  He's got nothing........................................................... -- Chuck Taylor 06/15/2017 08:50AM
  Hard to answer a question not asked. ** -- hoothat 06/15/2017 12:02PM
  Remember Scooby Doo? -- WahooRQ 06/15/2017 09:14AM
  Lol ** -- hoothat 06/15/2017 12:00PM
  It's obvious he's blowing smoke. There aren't any serious -- Shenhoo 06/15/2017 09:09AM
  Can't even have one day ** -- dajoka004 06/14/2017 4:54PM
  Isn't that the entire argument for the 2nd amendment condenced into a twe -- RML Hoos 06/14/2017 4:50PM
  Fine. Any how, precisely, has the GOP been "tyrannical" any -- Hokie5150 06/14/2017 4:32PM
  Now you're going to year old tweets too? ** -- Hoodafan 06/14/2017 4:26PM
  Thoughts on the tweet or just me? ** -- hooshouse 06/14/2017 4:30PM
  Just you. :-) Not that, as usual, you gave your thoughts on the tweet, but -- Hoodafan 06/14/2017 4:44PM
  So militia refers to something like a neighborhood watch? I don't buy -- 81_Hokie 06/14/2017 5:56PM
  I don't think that means what you think that means. ** -- hoothat 06/14/2017 7:03PM
  That is because the "militia" part, and the rest of the amendment.. -- HoosGuy 06/14/2017 6:53PM
  I can only speak for myself, and like I said, that means nada in terms of -- Hoodafan 06/14/2017 6:40PM
  Militia refers to all citizens. ** -- JMHoo 06/14/2017 6:28PM
  I've NEVER heard that interpretation. Link? -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 6:55PM
  ...Is this TIC? ** -- hoothat 06/14/2017 7:06PM
  Militia refers to militia. Whether the 2A applies to all citizens is -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 7:31PM
  You're serious. -- hoothat 06/14/2017 7:36PM
  They abhorred the concept of a standing army, so empowered the states to -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 7:48PM
  The 2A, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, doesn't confer any right or... -- Joey Wahoo 06/14/2017 8:35PM
  Trial by jury, free press, no quartering of troops, due process... -- WahooRQ 06/14/2017 10:32PM
  A "well regulated militia" rules out a bunch of people weilding guns. -- Chuck Taylor 06/14/2017 9:53PM
  There are two seperate statements there, buddy. -- hoothat 06/14/2017 10:11PM
  Yes, it is clear as to what the 2nd Amendment's intention is. -- Chuck Taylor 06/15/2017 08:10AM
  If it's clear, then define "Arms" -- hoothat 06/15/2017 11:56AM
  No doubt the right of self defense can be derived from "natural law". -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 9:12PM
  Why wouldn't it -- hoothat 06/14/2017 9:18PM
  Where can I buy my tank? ** -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 9:34PM
  You actually can own a tank. ** -- hoothat 06/14/2017 10:07PM
  Not that can fire. ** -- Shenhoo 06/14/2017 10:18PM
  And? he asked where to buy a tank. -- hoothat 06/14/2017 10:22PM
  Where can I buy a tank that fires bullets at people because, you know, -- Shenhoo 06/14/2017 10:26PM
  Where did you get the idea -- hoothat 06/14/2017 10:31PM
  From your confused slobberings above. ** -- Shenhoo 06/14/2017 10:35PM
  ? -- hoothat 06/14/2017 10:37PM
  Not at all. But they didn't have tanks either. That could shoot. -- Shenhoo 06/14/2017 10:44PM
  They owned ships with multiple cannons... -- hoothat 06/14/2017 10:58PM
  Which person did? And who once cited natural law in doing so? -- Shenhoo 06/14/2017 11:06PM
  Merchants..... -- hoothat 06/14/2017 11:22PM
  They were privateers. -- Chuck Taylor 06/15/2017 10:37AM
  ....and? -- hoothat 06/15/2017 11:33AM
  They weren't armed except for in times of war.............................. -- Chuck Taylor 06/15/2017 12:39PM
  ...regulated. -- hoothat 06/16/2017 01:34AM
  You just are totally brainwashed. I am sorry for you. ** -- hoothat 06/14/2017 7:51PM
  It seems you're ignorant of history. ** -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 8:03PM
  Yeah that's it. ** -- hoothat 06/14/2017 9:07PM
  From the Militia Act of 1903 and from the Virginia Code -- Joey Wahoo 06/14/2017 7:04PM
  Then it definitely doesn't refer to all citizens. -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 7:26PM
  Snopes? lol ** -- hoothat 06/14/2017 7:38PM
  Those are modern but the early definition just after ratification was -- KCHoo 06/14/2017 7:19PM
  You're just brainwashed. ; ) ** -- Hoocinogenic 06/14/2017 8:10PM
  I heard it from some guy named Nino. ** -- JMHoo 06/14/2017 7:00PM

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