One of Scalia's virtues as a jurist is clarity. If he wanted to write that the militia doesn't exist, it would be within his ability to write that.
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Originally Posted by TennGent
We got rid of the militia and it exists no more.
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This is incorrect, and has been demonstrated incorrect to this specific writer many times. One can only guess at the motivation for continuing to misstate the fact of the issue.
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Originally Posted by TennGent
The militia that existed in 1789 is no more and it's lineal descendant is the National Guard.
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That is incorrect. The National Guard are analogous to the organised militia, not the militia.
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Originally Posted by TennGent
...the militia is no more because if they were they would have all the modern military weapons available to them which they do not today.
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This incorrectly assumes that the population of the militia are defined by the arms they carry. This has never been so, and assuming that Scalia would indulge in such a poorly constructed rationale is hardly complimentary.