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If Congress was trying to do that then they would have accordingly raised the tax as the years went by to further economically restrict lawful ownership. The key issue of the NFA was the registry and the tax was just a way they used to justify the registry.
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Most folks have never even considered using a FA for SD in the belief that all FAs were illegal to start with. Thus it is inaccurate to claim that everyone not already a gun fanatic would disapprove of using a FA for SD.
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As to gun fanatics the only place you will hear the choir chortling for unrestricted military weapons is on gun forums like TFL. Sometimes when you spent too much time in a small culture you get tunnel vision. Joe Citizen ain't interested in FA although they might own a gun for SD. That is the elephant in the room the gunnies don't see. Oddly, I believe some of the recent interest and purchase of Ar-15s was caused in part by the '94 AWB. However, the NFA enactment did not spur great interest in FA.
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Answer me this: How is Congress supposed to grant the letters of Marque if the people they were granting them to did not have access to the means of carrying it out? The battle of Lexington and Concord was fought because the British were coming to destroy the weapons in the armory. Those weapons did not include just small arms, they included field pieces, powder, shot, and cannon balls. The 2A was written to prevent a Federalist government from taking arms from the people ever again. IMO, the experiment has failed. This is not the country that the founders intended.
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Does the above sound familiar? It should. It's a paraphrase of what Scalia said in Heller. Therefore, if an enacted piece of legislation should appear to defeat the purpose of either the militia clause (even though decoupled from self-defense) or the Letters of Marque or Reprise, then such a law is null and void. Justice Scalia and the majority know this, hence the carefully worded caution in Heller. The Miller case can still be interpreted, when used in conjunction with the above Constitutional mandates, as bearing arms in common use (by the military). It may very well be true that the militia will never be used again. It may also be true that the Congress may never again issue such Letters. But as long as the clauses remain within the COTUS, the Hughes Amendment is in jeopardy. The Court knows and acknowledged this. |
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The militia, organized OR unorganized (there is a difference in US code) is hardly dead.
During World War II the United States Government procured, and provided, arms to citizens who provided internal security for war production plants and lesser, but no less critical, facilities. The militia is still distinctly called out in the same US Code section that was updated to create the National Guard. If the militia were truly dead, it is likely that it would have been stricken at that time, or during the later times that that section of US code was updated (in the 1950s, to account for creation of a separate Air Force). The militia is also not dead for the simple fact that, by US Code, all members of the population between a certain upper and lower age are automatically members of the militia.
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2)You are not in the militia at all. You are the wrong sex or age. 3) You are in the Unorganized Militia, a mere statutory construct that neither protects nor grants it's members any duties, rights or responsibilities but is merely a pool of people that may be used in the Organized Militia. No court has recognized any rights of an "unorganized militiaman". I have a picture I can send you of what the unorganized militia looks like
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Just read this thread and don't really have a solid opinion one way or the other except to say that full-auto, NFA regulations, will probably stand SCOTUS review IMHO. However, the "common use by the military" is a good argument against my opinion.
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"Dead and buried over a 100 years."
Your proof in as much as the laws were repealed is... what? "We have those today. They are called contractor security guards. They are not militia." So you're saying today is EXACTLY the same as 1941-1946, when 16 million men were under arms and the vast majority of them were overseas? There were contract security guards in the 1940s, too. But it wasn't contract security guards who were guarding rail crossings in Lower Thumbsuck, it was MILITIA. You're also saying that there will never again be a national emergency of that scope? Can I have your crystal ball? The Government also didn't procure firearms for contract security guards, it procured firearms to arm those whose unpaid civilian front duties necessitated them being armed as members of the militia. The Government also published numerous manuals on the suitability of arms in civilian hands -- handguns, hunting rifles, shotguns, etc. -- being used in unpaid civilian front duties as members of the militia. It's very quaint and nice to claim that something is "dead and buried," but claiming that based solely on the fact that it's been 60 years since the last call doesn't make it so.
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"3) You are in the Unorganized Militia, a mere statutory construct that neither protects nor grants it's members any duties, rights or responsibilities but is merely a pool of people that may be used in the Organized Militia."
Wrong. Let's look at the wording of the actual section of US Code: "(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia." That wording very CLEARLY points out the difference between the organized militia and the unorganized militia, giving both organizations force of law and equal weight. The ONLY differentiation is for women, who are not members of the unorganized militia; they are members of the militia only if they are members of the National Guard. The National Guard Act was never intended to strip recognition of the unorganized militia, nor did it. In 1941 the National Guard was nationalized and became part of the US military organization. That left the unorganized militia to provide services in the manner that I've described above, which members did, and very ably. You may also want to educate yourself on the activities of the unorganized militia in Oregon and Alaska during World War II, especially in Alaska, where some unorganized militia troops, unpaid VOLUNTEERS, actually saw combat against the Japanese. Sounds really obsolete to me... Edit: Even better, here's an interesting article that you should read that describes the activities of the unorganized militia in greater detail. I read it when it first came out; very easy to find via google. http://www.claytoncramer.com/popular...iaObsolete.htm
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To consider a liberty obsolete, as Tennessee Gentleman writes he does, cannot be considered a cogent argument against its enforcement. Why the right might be considered obsolete is still another matter. When asked for some coherent reasoning for limiting only 2d Am rights to those in common use by civilians, TG remains silent. It appears that you, TG, don't see reasoning for the distinction you advocate.
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We have essentially two camps, and a middle ground. On one side are those who believe that we should be allowed to own NFA weapons, without restriction, until/unless we personally commit a crime (of violence), sufficient to legally deny us our right to all firearms.
On the other are those who believe that machinguns/assault weapons (et.al) should either be highly restricted or outright prohibited, for public safety. Many of these people feel thins way about all firearms, but many do not. And the middle ground, people who believe that while the govt has a valid interest in regulating possession of these weapons, restrictions should reasonable and not be overly onerous. We can spend hours discussing the history and supposed reasoning behind our rights, and behind the existing laws, but this does nothing to deal with the laws as they currently exist. We do this, again in two camps, those who believe rights do not exist until a court says they do, and those who believe that rights exist until a court rules they do not! Which camp are you in? Personally, while I find the NFA to be an infringement (IMHO), I am willing to obey the law. What I find to be outright wrong is the 1986 Hughes amendment, closing the registry, and effectively creating and ultimate ban on this class of firearm. I believe that is where we should focus our efforts to repeal this travesty. The track record of legal FA owners is virtually spotless, compared to virtually everything else in the world! One violent crime in 70plus years? And that one committed by a cop? Statistically insignificant. No one in the nation has a historically better record for obeying the laws than those people willing to go through all the regulatory process to obtain a legal FA firearm! There are two things I would like to see the govt do. Reopen the NFA registry for machineguns (and since I live in a state that prohibits ownership, this has no personal stake for me), its just the right thing to do. And second, refund the process for allowing convicted felons to appeal and have their firearms rights restored. There are so many things today that are felonies, and will get your firearms rights denied, but are not crimes physically injurious to others. People convicted of those kinds of crimes should have a method available to have their rights restored, after their sentence has been completed. There is no reason (except money, and a degree of public perception) why they are being denied. And there is no reason to believe restoration of the appeals process will result in blanket approval of felons getting guns (legally). The whole point of creating the process was to have a case by case review, and restoration of rights being approved or denied, based on the individual circumstances. There is no valid reason someone who is guiltly of, say criminal trespass (felony level) at age 19 should still be denied their right to arms decades later, after having reformed and led a crime free life in the meantime. Yet, these kinds of cases exist, along with many others similar in nature. Many States allow restoration of rights, but the Feds do not, even though there is a process in place. By denying funding for the process, they deny the process. Sorry for the hijack.
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Well said 44 AMP, I like your post. A couple of thoughts;
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Some on TFL believe THEY determine what the right is (like the 2A) by their personal reasoning of what they believe COTUS says and that you must show/convince them that it is not so or you are infringing on their rights. I think Glenn Meyer calls this the chortling choir. But that is what forums are for I guess. I do not find the NFA to be an infringement. It may be said reasonably that the NFA is the reason why there has been virtually no crimes committed by legally owned FA since the law was enacted. In that regard the NFA has been successful. Which brings me to the Hughes amendment in which as I have said earlier you might have a point since it's enactment creates an arguable de facto ban. Has anyone challenged Hughes in court? I do not know. A good strategy might be to use the amendment method that was used to allow CCW in National Parks. The problem there as Alan Gura has said before, outside the gun culture there is not a lot of support for FA. As to the felony/reinstatement of rights I am a believer in "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time" but if a person could show they had changed their ways sufficiently AND PAID ALL LEGAL COSTS assoicated with the hearing then I would be OK with that as well. That way they have to pay the price to restore their rights that they willingly gave up when they transgressed.
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TG: Members at other gunsites have said there are rumors the Hughes Amendment will be challenged at a later date.
I have no idea if this is true. Just heresay. Last edited by RDak; October 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM. Reason: I meant "hearsay". DUH!! |
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Interesting RDak, I am surprised it has not been legally challenged before. I agree with most folk on TFL that it was stupid legislation and was aimed at derailing the FOPA. Does nothing but run up the price of FA. Man, I wish I had bought an M-16 back when I could have gotten one for a few hundred bucks and then sold it today for 30K!
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all of you were born after WW2.I was not.
you need to do some research before you post.the NG was organized in 1903/6.prier to that there was a small national army.most soldiers of the civil war were in volunteer units.it was still so in the spanish american war.roosevelts riders were a volunteer army armed by roosevelt,as were many civil war units.in CW the units bought their Spensers and Winchesters themselves.in WW1 the NG was disbanded and personal intergrated in the army.after WW1 they rejoined the guard.in 1934 the NG was intergrated in to the army reserve.so the NG is not militia.it is national army.there are several organized militias.texas has one and Mass and RI that I remember. mariums were used in the 1880 period by the British in Africa.and there was a repeating firearm in 1500?it was rotory and flintlock fired.and the gatling and about 8 other arms were used in the civil war.machine guns were made with more advanced machinery than needed for rifles or pistols.most all the MGs were brought back from WW1 but many from WW2.and there are tanks and artillery in private hands. I know where there are a number. not to mention theres thousands of MG and sub guns not registered. I know where there are migs 15/17/21.in private hands.plus cobras fully armed.and at least one B25 with the 75 mm in the nose.B17 and B25 P40s. I could go on.before WW2 I could get any thing I wanted. |
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