And another post without any supporting quotes and citations, just another bout of crystal meth diarrhea of your mind.
Today's lesson in the constitution
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And another post without any supporting quotes and citations, just another bout of crystal meth diarrhea of your mind.
Those truths are "self evident".
Better look up what "bear arms" meant in the 18th century, cut-n-paste.
I don't have any problem with saying that bearing arms means their use in organized battle.
You think that only encompasses one's duty in an official militia in service of a functioning government . . . But to say one has a "right" to fulfill a duty is kindasorta stupid.
I believe that it is a "right to bear arms" which means, as I wrote just above, to use them if and when we rescind our consent to be governed and retake the powers we originally granted to government. No doubt, the mass of armed citizens working in unison in conflict would meet any definition you could conjure of bearing arms.
Madison spoke of the armed citizenry fighting the federal armed forces. He said that the largest "standing army" that could be maintained would only amount to 1% of the total number of souls. He said then in a nation of 3 million, that would give the feds at most a force of 25,000 to 30,000 men. Madison said that those troops would be "opposed" by "500,000 citizens with arms in their hands".
In modern times we have expanded on Madison's 17 to 1 ratio to about 25 armed citizens opposing each member of the active and reserve "standing army".
I say that's awesome and that ratio is exactly what the 2nd Amendment was "intended" to preserve.
Yep, the US Constitution is the "supreme law of the land."
That said,
The PA. Constitution was ratified September 28, 1776.
The US Constitution was ratified by all 13 states by 1790.
(The Bill of Rights were proposed and sent to the states by the first session of the First Congress. They were later ratified on December 15, 1791.)
If that's true, tell us, oh knowledgeable one of all things constitutional, why would the state of PA. (along with the others) knowingly ratify any Constitution or the Bill Of Rights for the country that would in any way dispute it's own constitution?
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like inalienable rights? ROFL you've lost it, moron.