tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post8791710228219710451..comments2023-10-28T08:02:44.565-05:00Comments on illusory tenant: Big Fitz caught lying and the 2nd Amend. amendedillusory tenanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-89472195579360786532011-05-26T10:37:47.657-05:002011-05-26T10:37:47.657-05:00Not a bad Scalia-synopsis right there.Not a bad Scalia-synopsis right there.illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-45770291874973512622011-05-26T10:37:12.174-05:002011-05-26T10:37:12.174-05:00Yeah, but that "well-regulated" business...Yeah, but that "well-regulated" business is part of the afterthought-that-comes-before section of the amendment, so it was really just some scribbling they did to make sure the pen was working before writing the real amendment-y part. /SCOTUSClutchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-37900000175393987272011-05-26T10:04:41.394-05:002011-05-26T10:04:41.394-05:00Or as Hamilton put it in context in the 29th Feder...Or as Hamilton put it in context in the <a href="http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa29.htm" rel="nofollow">29th Federalist paper</a>, "To oblige the great body of the yeomanry, and of the other classes of the citizens, to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as often as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well-regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss." Sounds like "well-regulated" means "properly trained" in the ways of the military of the time. I am reminded of my grandfather's "Regulator" school clock.<br /><br />Carrying a weapon makes <a href="http://www.bootsandsabers.com/index.php/weblog/permalink/another_carjacking/" rel="nofollow">rolling through stop signs</a> all the more exciting.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.com