It says a well regulated militia is important so guns should be in the hands of the people. Not guns are needed FOR the militia. BTW the national guard was created over a hundred years AFTER the bill of rights. I would guess that means the founding fathers didn't mean the national guard they meant the people just like they said, or they would've created the national guard seeing as many of them were presidents shortly after writing the amendment.
And don't argue they didn't plan for the types of guns we have today, that's why it's a living document, if times change and THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE believe the law should as well, there is a system to change the document (It's not interpretation, they're called amendments)
Lastly by no means do I agree with cops quitting, but they are civilians and have the right to do so no matter what conditions they are in. I don't believe they should ever be in civil service jobs again, they just proved when the going gets tough they get going. But that doesn't give you any right to label them traitors. Would you label a blackwater employee a traitor if he decided Iraq sucked and he wanted to quit? They are civilians assigned with the task of protecting Americans and American interest just like cops.
get off your founding fathers kick....
when the founding fathers wrote the bill of rights, "the people" it gave rights to were white, males....period end of story.
So are you saying only white males should have rights...no....
keeping on that line of thought, they gave the right to keep and bear arms 100 years before the national guard, therefore it meant everybody...
now that we have a national guard as a living document it can change to reflect the fact that a well regulated militia exists...
cops are sworn to protect and serve, just like us military, if they are just "civilians" hired to do a job, why do courts handle cop murders/shootings different. Fine next time a cop get shot by some crook, we'll see if he is "just another civilian".
Doctors, nurses, firemen, military etc. we all understand we accept more resposibility by choosing our profession. And in times of emergency we step up to that responsibility or pay the consequences....
contractors in Iraq arent sworn to do anything, and have no trng to deal with combat.... if they are combat trained and quit in the middle of a firefight leaving there friends behind, i would beat the shit outta them too...
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stop tryin to convince me about the right to bear arms. i agree i like guns, but your "well organized militia" arguement is so fulla holes your destroying your own cause