DIYbanter - View Single Post - Danny Glover says 2'nd amendment (right to bear arms) created to supportslavery, war on native indians

Bob F

Ernie wrote:
wrote:

This bull**** came from Thom Hartmann with very little citation of
fact

I don't think you can fault Glover for not citing Hartmann. Glover
did not take any claim for the idea that an important, underlying
foundation for the 2'nd amendment was linked to the maintenance of
slaves and slavery, or to the idea that "domestic enemies" was a
code-word for native indians.

Emphasis on the 2nd amendment ignores the first half of the one
sentence - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall
not be infringed." Switzerland in a way is arming a well regulated
militia. The USA does not.

It seems the intent of the 2nd amendment was not just to put arms in
the hands of the people but to put the people with those arms in a
well regulated militia. My read of the complete sentence tells me
that ownership of weapons, especially military type, requires
membership in a well regulated militia - a state militia. Do you
think Alex Jones would be accepted as a member of a state run
militia? Do you think that Alex Jones (given his philosophy) would
want or seek to join a state-run militia?

The intent of the founders as I understand it was that they feared a "standing
army" because of the history of armies taking over countries. Thus, they wanted
to have the people prepared to defend the country without having a continuous
army. Thus, this amendment. This was made clear in the letters of the people
writing our constitution.