The 2nd Amendment,Two Radically Opposing Opinions of its Original Intent:VT vs VPC

[RPCVYemen]

A reply to my own query. Here is Carl Bogus's article on the Southern fear that the federal government might decide either not to arm the southern militia, or move the southern states' militia's to the North in the case of a slave rebellion.

http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Bogus2.htm

Here is a quote from George Mason (evidently he and Patrick Henry were very concerned):

The militia may be here destroyed by that method which has been practised in other parts of the world before; that is, by rendering them useless & by disarming them. Under various pretences, Congress may neglect to provide for arming and disciplining the militia; and the state governments cannot do it, for Congress has an exclusive right to arm them, &c.[195]

It's hard to assess the quality of the scholarship. The notion does seem plausible.


Mike

 

[Winchester 73]

Excellent points RPCVYemen,about Rand's idiotic remarks.
Nat Turners violent "little revolution",killing dozens of slave holders, occurred in 1831, long before Kristen's time line.
The VPC will spout any half truth,any falsehood,any outright bald faced lie to advance their warped,Socialist agenda.May they become dust in our lifetimes along with all their Communist brethren.