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Originally Posted by maestro pistolero
One key aspect of the second amendment that's emblematic of who is actually in charge. It's a vivid reminder to the elected servants that government is by the people. We're the boss. The servants don't tell the bosses what to do, it's the other way around.
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Shoot the whole COTUS does that. I am not sure I see as much of that in the 2A as I do in our vote or in the separations of powers.
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Originally Posted by maestro pistolero
Simplistic as it may sound, those with the guns rule.
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In our system those who vote rule.
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That why I cringe a little when Tennessee Gentlemen pronounces the militia, in it's entirety, deceased, or 'no more' as he put it.
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I think you need to cringe more at voter apathy and lack of citizen participation in government. That is a greater danger than the lack of a militia.
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I certainly hope not. Even as a dormant, largely theoretical body of citizens, it's balancing effect cannot be overestimated.
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As I told BillCA earlier, the militia today is a fiction residing in the imagination of the gun culture and nowhere else.