tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post1731478672680858692..comments2023-04-13T12:13:36.321-04:00Comments on The Blind Squirrel: What does the second amendment actually mean?"He's just this guy, you know?"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03221625179310656587noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-27288384739754383822008-12-20T20:13:00.000-05:002008-12-20T20:13:00.000-05:00I was reminded not so long ago, that the creation ...I was reminded not so long ago, that the creation of the National Guard did not eliminate State Militias. The change was who funded what. The federal gov't helped fund the National Guard. The States funded the Militia---which meant no funding at all for most states.<BR/><BR/>Folks seem to forget the National Guard is NOT a militia nor was intended to be such.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-13391240643281476512008-12-20T15:48:00.000-05:002008-12-20T15:48:00.000-05:00Well Said! Of course come 21 Jan we'll have yet AN...Well Said! Of course come 21 Jan we'll have yet ANOTHER interpretation, which will NOT be going our way... sigh...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-86387866607398753082008-12-20T12:00:00.000-05:002008-12-20T12:00:00.000-05:00Indeed wrong about the military/militia but right ...Indeed wrong about the military/militia but right about the parts that matter. The people have the right to keep and bear arms.<BR/><BR/>Great post, said better than I.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883149419204928738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-31829657386848010902008-12-20T09:12:00.000-05:002008-12-20T09:12:00.000-05:00Well, I guess the good news is that they headed in...Well, I guess the good news is that they headed in the right direction, and came to the right partial conclusion (that the Second Amendment protects the rights of the people from the government, like most of the other Amendments), they just got a little lost in the specifics and details along the way. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding me of them, though... I ran into P&T from a Babylon 5 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com