The Moral Philosophy of Resistance to Tyranny in the Judeo-Christian Tradition [More]
Dr. Miguel Faria notes text, history, and tradition support a moral duty to defend life and liberty.
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Category: Militia
A Senior Moment
From yesterday’s Bondi hearings what became abundantly clear is Democrats don’t want DOJ looking into their shenanigans.
I wonder what political connections and communications will emerge…
[Via Michael G]
An Unregulated Militia
One might reasonably ask why, with all the various shooting sports available, it is the tactical shooting sports that have grown exponentially in recent years. The answer is simple: There is a growing recognition in the United States that average citizens may, in the not-too-distant future, have to defend themselves against ungovernable crime — or tyranny. [More]
Just because Congress is deliberately indifferent to it’s mandated militia obligations under Article.1. Section. 8. doesn’t mean DIY isn’t an option… all except for the organizing part. Gun groups focused exclusively on self-defense really ought to put some energy into convincing “our beautiful Second Amendment” president-elect into promoting that and removing state “legal” barriers against…
[Via Dan Gifford]
Individual and Collective
The Second Amendment references a militia, “the security of a free State,” and two specific rights–the right to possess arms and the right to carry them–and all of this is bound together by a general, overarching right to self-defense. To put it simply, the Second Amendment is multi-faceted. [More]
True enough.
And ignoring core purpose, which so many do, is a grave mistake.
[Via bondmen]
No Constitutional Reason Justifies Not Recognizing 2A Rights of Young Adults
Anyone who tells you 18-to-20-year-olds are not fully enfranchised citizens entitled to exercise their rights under the Second Amendment is a liar and an enabler of tyranny. [More]
Sending back what should have been a no-brainer makes me wonder which SCOTUS members we’ve been told are 2A-friendly are getting ready to disappoint…
Illinois Semiauto Ban Challenge
PLAINTIFFS’ PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW [More]
Mark W. Smith says they’re “GREAT 2A ARGUMENTS.”
I’d feel better if they cited the word “militia” more than once, and that just to quote the amendment.
[Via Jess]
So Much for Holding These Truths to Be Self-Evident…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a challenge to a Pennsylvania law barring people 18- to 20-years-old from carrying guns back to the lower courts for another look in light of last term’s decision in United States v. Rahimi, in which the justices attempted to provide guidance for courts reviewing Second Amendment challenges to restrictions on gun rights. [More]
I know the wheels of justice grind slowly and we have procedures for a reason, but come on...
[Via Jess]
Spooking the Herd
If they do find any, I wonder what percent will be embedded feds…
If they can’t provoke the low-hanging fruit, they need to find some other way to conflate them with us.
[Via WiscoDave]
The Monroe (County) Doctrine
Shoemaker submitted his original response to the complaint on Sept. 18, including a defense reading: “There was and will be no Constitutional violation in enforcing the statute because the phrase ‘bear arms’ is a 1791-era idiom referring to military or militia service. Plaintiffs have failed to plead their involvement in a militia.” [More]
He “loves history“? You can’t prove it by this.
This is the quality of moron presuming to detemine your rights in New York? What repercussions will this douche suffer?
Looks like the county prosecutor is just as big of an @$$hole.
To those praising the “Only One” for “deescalation,” this was elitism writ large. He knew who she was and who she knows. Imagine what he would have done to her if she weren’t the DA, that is, to you and me, for the same behavior.
All she had to do was “apologize,” and she’s back to having the uniforms put you and me behind bars for claiming our rights.
Bleeding Edge News
The Monopolist’s Complaint
By the Rude Bridge that Arched the Flood
Five musket balls fired during the event known as “The Shot Heard Round the World” on April 19, 1775 were recently discovered by archeologists working at the Minute Man National Historic Park in Concord. [More]
Concord was over three hours later…
[Via Edmund M]
Thomas Wants to Address What ‘Arms’ are Protected by Second Amendment
The question before the courts should be simple: How did people at the time of the Constitution’s ratification define “arms”? [More]
“Weapons of war” are precisely what the Founders had in mind.
Right Next to the Peter Pull at St. Taffy’s…
Hartford Citizen Patrol Presents Dilemmas for Gun-Grabbing Democrats
The Self-Defense Brigade, organized “at the behest of Archbishop Dexter Burke of the Walk in the Light Church of God,” is reminiscent of an effort from the middle of the last century, one remembered and honored by Amendment advocates with long memories, but for the most part ignored by Democrats and self-designated “civil rights leaders,” none of whom, if they even know about him, are keeping the example set by Robert Hicks alive, to be reflected on today and passed on to the next generations. [More]
Go ahead, sic the cops on ’em, Democrats. I dare ya.
Showing the Way
A predominantly Black neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, hoping to fend off violent crime, has turned to an armed group of citizens to patrol their streets by land and by air. [More]
So they’re breaking the law?
Go on, break ’em up and arrest ’em, Connecticut Democrats.
[Via Jess]
Who Are the Militia?
Despite facing backlash from civil rights activists and Democratic lawmakers, Republicans in conservative-leaning Nassau County, New York, are moving forward with a plan to form an armed, civilian militia that the local government could operate as a de facto police force during “emergencies.” [More]
To paraphrase Slick Willie, it depends upon what the meaning of the term “civil rights activist” is.
Think of the mentality of anyone who would be against this.
[Via Jess]
Stand…uh… Flying Army
Calling it a “power grab,” Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) has expressed his opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to transfer members of the Air National Guard to the Space Force without the permission of state or territorial governors. [More]
That must be why the ACLU tried to evade my challenge by claiming the Militia evolved into the National Guard…
And there are still egotistical useful idiots mistaking themselves for informed trying to keep the lie proppped up.
It’s funny– I go back to some of my old stuff, and while I can see things I said then that I might challenge today, I’m not unhappy that my influencers then were those arguing text, history, and tradition…
[Via Michael G]
Tangentially Related UPDATE
And Nadler’s still beating that horse…
[Via Jess]
The Dogs of War
Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators [More]
So once they’re “in common use,” can the rest of us get them?
[Via bondmen]
Next Generation Army Rifle Highlights Danger of ‘Common Use’ Argument to Defend 2nd Amendment
And the prohibitionists are aided in citizen disarmament when “gun rights leaders” not only accept – but argue for an invented “in common use at the time” qualifier that limits permitted firearms to what is commercially popular, as opposed to what soldiers and police carry… [More]
Hitler envisioned a Thousand Year Reich. The goal in the evil minds of fascist gun banners is a totalitarian monopoly of violence—forever.
