Amendment II A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. In the days when this amendment was written, the militia meant every adult able to bear arms. The militia was not the regular army. The term “regulated” was not a legal term at that time, but a mechanical one. A regulator was any mechanical device used to make something work better. A spin-ball governor was used to “regulate” the speed of a steam engine, as one example. A “Well Regulated” militia meant a militia with all the proper equipment needed to do their job better. That meant good weapons with good sights. After all, what use is a militia if they cannot hit what they are aiming at? The Second Amendment is not about target shooting or hunting. At the time, hunting was indispensable for survival in the new nation, especially when food crops were unavailable. To deprive the people of their hunting weapons was to condemn them to death by starvation in the winter months. Military commanders of the time viewed hunting weapons as off limits. When Lieutenant Colonel George…
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U.N. Small Arms Treaty – Pay Attention Gun Owners
U.N. Agreement Should Have All Gun Owners Up In Arms We have talked at length about this before and have genuine reasons to be concerned. If the U.S. Senate ever ratifies this treaty, we will be in real trouble. It is fair to say that it will lead to a Constitutional Crisis, and possibly a civil war. Wisconsin residents have Constitutional protections both in the 2nd Amendment and in the WI Constitution Article I Section 25. I could never imagine gun owners voluntarily giving up their guns nor most law enforcement officers going door to door to confiscate weapons. However, this is another reason not to have a database of those who carry concealed. It is a list that will be used if this small arms treaty is ever ratified. I can already hear the shouts by gun owners. The words echo the phrase made famous by the Spartan King Leonidas…“MOLON LABE – Come and Take Them!”
