It appears that S K <
skpflex1@gmail.com> said:
it is an iron-clad belief among rightwingers that the constitution gives citizens the right to defend themselves MILITARILY from the government.
is that correct?
No.
taken to the extreme, they say citizens have a right to nuclear weapons, since the government has them.
People say a lot of things.
Until the 1960s, there was very little 2nd amendment case law because
everyone agreed that it meant that the states could maintain state
militias, which we now call the National Guard. That's the "well
regulated" part. The origin was a fear by southern states that
northern rascals would outlaw the state patrols that put down slave
rebellions.
Since then, though, there's an all new insurrectionist theory which
has no basis in history, skips over the well regulated part, and
asserts it's about individual self defense. A majority of SCOTUS
believes this interpretation, so it's anyone's guess what if any
limits they will put on it.
R's,
John
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