“A preponderance of police power being necessary to the equality of a multicultural empire, the right of the People to keep unstrung bows and arrows in their huts shall not be infringed, except during emergencies.”
There are two meanings to the 2nd Amendment:
1. The Founders’ intent
2. A post-conquest rearguard action that attempts to prevent total militia disarmament following the Civil War and the anti-KKK measures of Reconstruction. The goal of these interpretations boils down to, “Anything that prevents further gun seizure.” Or, on the Progressive side, “Anything that promotes further gun seizure.”
The Founders’ intent
Here is the original 2nd Amendment:
“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.”
At the time, each state had many local militias, which it (loosely) regulated independent of Federal interference.
“Forced to defend themselves with little or no outside help, the colonists had developed an effective and well organized militia system that by the 1670s encompassed nearly all able-bodied, adult males. … By the end of the Revolution, some Continental Army officers had learned what the militia could – and could not – reasonably be expected to do. Although the militia was seldom able to stand up alone to British regulars, it nevertheless made a number of important, even vital, contributions to winning independence.” Source
This is similar to the modern Swiss canton system, with its universal male military reserve, an assault rifle in every closet and a bunker in every foothill.
Note this sentence again:
“Although the militia was seldom able to stand up alone to British regulars”
Meaning, the colonial militias were SOMETIMES able to stand up ALONE to British regulars. The only semi-comparable modern example I can think of is Hezbollah vs. Israel – and Hezbollah hides behind and within civilians during actual combat, something colonial militias didn’t do. No uniformed irregulars that I can think of anywhere stand up to 1st world conventional forces using nothing but terrain for cover.
The nutty post- Civil War interpretations
The Civil War did two things:
1. Ended states’ rights, thus ending the 10th Amendment
2. Made militias illegal to suppress the KKK, which was basically the Confederacy
Obviously one cannot end states’ rights without ending militias, so it is wholly unsurprising that the two occurred together.
Thus, today the states are merely wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Federal government. As such, the Constitution now applies fully to them, limiting their powers as it does the Fed’s. Therefore, states may not infringe the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, any more than they may infringe the 1st Amendment to free speech or pass a law making an establishment of religion.
BUT THIS WAS NOT ORIGINALLY SO:
“At the time of the Revolution, nine colonies had established churches that received financial support from the government.” Source
It is therefore obvious that the Founders’ intent was that the several States regulate militias, establish state churches, and generally do whatever they damn well please outside their limited Federal obligations.
See the (now defunct) 10th Amendment:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
While WMDs did not exist in 1786, you can be sure that Massachusetts would have had a word with any group of private citizens attempting to set up heavy artillery on privately-owned property overlooking Boston, as Colonel Henry Knox did to drive the British out of Boston. The militias were well-regulated, as all civilized military bodies must be.
In other words, the Federal government did not infringe on the People’s right to bear arms, not because it is feasible to have a government that makes no infringement on the military armaments of its citizens, but because the several States were already handling the job.
Of course, Americans patriots today will stridently deny that ANY level of government has a right to infringe on their right to bear arms, AND WELL THEY SHOULD:
1. The whole government is now Federal, and therefore bound by the 2nd Amendment
2. Early US citizens would have obviously also strenuously resisted gun grabs by the several States; they would’ve simply referred to the relevant state constitutions rather than the irrelevant Federal one. Or moved, or rebelled, or passed an amendment. Whatever.
Unfortunately, you perhaps begin to see why a non-Federalist 2nd Amendment presents certain contradictions. Either NOBODY is regulating militias and weaponry, or the Federal government and its subsidiaries are. Neither condition is acceptable. The former is not a country, and the latter is not liberty.
In practice, the compromise works out thusly:
Citizens can have a limited selection of less-military guns (varies by locale) but no explosives, and can’t really organize into effective military units, or do anything meaningful as a unit. You cannot resist any Federal officer, and Feds may effectively disarm you at any time for any reason while you’re outside. Usually your weapon can’t even be loaded. Etc. etc.
Americans are not armed like Colonial Militias, but like Aztecs.
This may come as a shock to you, but there have been advances in military technology over the last 229 years. Nonetheless, “bear arms” has stayed frozen at “pistols and rifles”. Which at this point may as well be “sticks and stones”.
That wouldn’t cut it in WWII (1945). Even in WWI (1918), I’d take the conventional army, with its fixed machine guns, artillery, gas, grenades, mortars, explosives and early tanks.
Today? Forget it. Pound for pound, and assuming equal morale, the American “militias” couldn’t take on SWAT, with its flash bangs, full auto, armored vehicles and helicopters. Forget Desert Storm; they couldn’t handle ISIS. Against any conventional army, they’d be no better off than Africans. In fact, plenty of Africans have more firepower.
I’ll say that again: Plenty of Africans have more firepower.
Here are some pictures of free men, America, in case you’ve forgotten what they look like:
Back in 1786, the American militiaman had the best armament in the world. His accurate hunting rifle outranged the British blunderbuss, adding a previously unknown element of terror to the battlefield. Now marksmen could pick out individual targets. If he picked you, you were dead – a fact not lost on British officers and rankers. Courage, luck, faith and Providence – irrelevant!
While not instantly decisive, this sapped morale, disrupted leadership and denied the enemy access to the guerrilla wooded wilderness – effects similar to that of air superiority today.
By contrast, America’s current militias are not only stuck in the stone age of squad firepower, they totally lack an air force, armored vehicles, artillery, machine guns, grenades… everything. They are no longer soldiers, but civilians – outdoors enthusiasts, invincibly equipped to handle the local hostile wildlife, be it bunnies or bears. But they are as helpless as kittens before Leviathan’s steely hide and burning breath.
Oh sure, I know how patriots will reply: We’ll take the Hezbollah strategy! Swim among the civilian population. Count on native attachments or innate gentleness to prevent the conventional army from going all-out!
Well, Hezbollah has Iran, Mao had the USSR, George Washington had France, Ho Chi Minh had China… And who’ve you got? It’s an NWO, which spells NW-nobody.
Secondly, wherever will the USA get soldiers willing to suspend Posse Comitatus and shoot rebellious badwhites? Hrm, perhaps from the 50% of Americans projected to be nonwhite by 2045? Perhaps the 30% of the population that will be Hispanic by then? Lots of fighting-age males in those big families. Santa Anna’s army never amounted to much, but with Commie American equipment and organization, they should be plenty brutal enough to secure Leviathan’s grip on the sackless sons of the Sons of Liberty.
If you’ve ever interacted with an Hispanic cop, you know what I’m talking about. And if you think American prisons are bad now because they’re full of blacks, wait until they’re full of blacks and run by Mexicans.
As for unit cohesion, morale and training, don’t make me laugh. Regular cops probably have more. American militias basically don’t exist. Saying it would be like Cortez vs. the Aztecs is an insult to Tenochtitlan.
A Modest Proposal to Revive the True Militia
No doubt at this point there are still a few die-hard spergs defending the concept that “a well regulated militia” means government can’t interfere with the people’s “right to bear arms”. Molon labe! Fight the assault rifle ban! Join the NRA! (Neutered Rifle Aficionados)
Well yes, losing our remaining sticks and stones would be bad. But that’s no excuse for an inability to grasp that we are defending a fundamentally untenable position. So here’s a concrete example of what a REAL American militia law would look like in 2015.
Federal Constitution of USTopia:
1. The Federal government does not regulate weaponry of US citizens
2. State governments regulate weapons according to their constitutions and laws.
3. If you don’t like your state’s laws, move.
Texas Militia Laws:
1. All non-ward citizens 18+ may purchase semi-auto firearms, and bear them. [Class 0 weapons]
2. If someone’s criminal record indicates he cannot be trusted with a deadly weapon, see death penalty.
3. Men who meet the voting property requirement of 10 gold ounces in registered capital may purchase and bear a modern heavy infantry armament. E.g. crew served weapons, mortars, grenades, RPGs, heavy sniper rifles, C4, etc. [Class 1 weapons]
4. Men who are part of the local volunteer militia may purchase and bear or operate those additional weapons approved by their local government. E.g. tanks, helicopters, artillery, etc. [Class 2 weapons]
5. Certain weapons such as land mines and Stingers are restricted to class 2, regardless of whether they form a normal part of infantry loadout. They require additional vetting before issue. Ditto chemicals for poisoning water supplies, etc.
6. WMDs and weapons that violate the Geneva conventions are restricted to the direct control of the Texas government, the Texas National Guard. [Class 3 weapons]
Note that this plan includes RESTRICTIONS on the right of the People to keep and bear arms. These restrictions are graduated. The Dallas Crips do not get automatic weapons. The Dallas Militia gets tanks. Therefore, the Dallas Crips shortly cease to exist.
A non-Federalist interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is STUPID, because it asserts an equality of rights between the Crips and the Dallas Militia. The result is national arguments over how many bullets are allowed in a magazine. There’s not even a QUESTION of allowing a real modern infantry loadout, because nobody sane is going to dump that shit into Chiraq.
White is as white does. A property requirement separates white trash and black underclass from real citizens with an investment in the future security and prosperity of the state.
You don’t have to accept the above solution. If you don’t like the property requirement, the only other way to do it is to institutionalize racism, India-style. Or you could ethnically cleanse until there aren’t any other races to racism.
The above proposal is just a rough draft, a demo. I’m not a one-man 30-minute Constitutional convention. But the idea is similar to the Swiss canton system – every man a reservist, an assault rifle in every closet, a bunker in every hill. And immigration only by strict vetting and lengthy sponsorship.
What about travel? Strangers? How can we allow every psychopath with $10k to buy C4 for truck bombs, or set grenade mantraps?
Travel is straightforward. Just because a Dallas Militiaman has the right to a tank in Dallas, doesn’t mean he can drive it to Houston, or New York.
An armed society is a polite society. This leads to a vast reduction in violent crime. But yes, we must still account for the psychopaths, schizophrenics and psychotic breaks.
The best way to do so is local, collective accountability. Rather than gangs of criminals controlling street turf, neighborhood militias of citizens should. These men should grow up together, know each other, train together, vouch for each other, and hold each other accountable. A budding psychopath amongst them should be spotted and reconditioned or neutralized. If they fail to do so, and vouch for him, permitting him to own heavy explosives which he then uses to blow up a school – they are liable.
Not everybody has to join the long-term neighborhood militia. Some people will want to move around the country, traveling salesmen and rolling stones. But those folks don’t get the big weapons. They are parasitically enjoying the fruits of a high-trust system, not contributing to it.
Conclusion – Jonah and the Whale
We are under a STUPID system that doesn’t work. We fight and squabble for a few extra rounds in our magazines, but there’s not even a QUESTION of having a real modern infantry loadout. Much less the heavier stuff. Nobody is going to dump that into Chiraq.
“Well regulated militia” has two meanings:
1. The original one, with the 10th Amendment
2. Anything that prevents further gun seizures, after the 10th is abolished.
Americans are dhimmis conquered by the Yankee Fed. You ARE NOT ARMED. ISIS is lightly armed. You are disarmed. You are not a militia. Militias have been illegal since the KKK. You are outdoors enthusiasts. You have enough firepower to slaughter any number of hostile wildlife, and not a grain more.
Not only that, you are being REPLACED by a tidal wave of brown. What is happening to America is WORSE than the Hellstorm conclusion to Nazi Germany’s abortive world conquest. Germany did not lose 50% of its genetic interest in the carrying capacity of the Fatherland to Red Army rape. White America will.
When God built Israel’s government, he made them into tribes. If you cede the male gang/militia/tribe in favor of atomized herbivore corporatocracy, you cede your manhood, and are shorn like sheep and seared like mutton.
In 1776 America’s population was 3 million. Now the population of New York is 8.4 million.
It doesn’t fucking matter that states’ rights are gone. The individual STATES are now multiples bigger than the UNION was – a Union that TERRIFIED the Founders. Scale killed America.
You have no government. Just an anarcho tyranny. You are slaves without the dignity of masters. Form gangs, and carve your way out of Leviathan.
Welcome to the New World Disorder.
