tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post8194386867054394973..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Saul Cornell on McDonaldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-68887442489882359912010-06-30T05:04:12.566+02:002010-06-30T05:04:12.566+02:00"Much of the "Second Amendment Scholarsh...<i>"Much of the "Second Amendment Scholarship" is a recent fabrication within the past 20 odd years. It is based upon misquotations and misinterpretation of history."</i><br /><br />I agree. Before the last 20 years or so of this new collective rights notion, everyone understood it to be a basic fundamental individual right.FatWhiteManhttp://fatwhiteman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-18534910274606757302010-06-30T03:42:28.491+02:002010-06-30T03:42:28.491+02:00Much of the "Second Amendment Scholarship&quo...Much of the "Second Amendment Scholarship" is a recent fabrication within the past 20 odd years. It is based upon misquotations and misinterpretation of history.<br /><br />There is a far better historic and legal basis for saying that the Amendment is to protect me from the establishment of a Standing Army.<br /><br />The founders envisioned a Swiss style military with the professional army acting as trainers and administrators. The bulk of the defence force comes from part time soldiers: the militia.<br /><br />Adam Smith discusses the militia in "the Wealth of Nations" which was printed on the eve of the Revolution. Smith argued that a permanent military force, rather than citizen militias, was necessary to defend any advanced society. This was because an amateur force is not really capable of defending a nation.<br /><br />To be quite honest, the Militia during the War for American Independence was ineffective despite the beloved creation myth. The War for Independence was fought and won by professional armies. In fact, the French Army played a significant part in the War for American Independence.<br /><br />So much so that it contributed to the bankruptcy of the French government which led to the French revolution.<br /><br />So, the Militia and Second Amendment guarantee was pretty much an anachronism at the time it was inserted into the US constitution to placate the anti-Federalists who would <br />have fought the new Constitution.<br />LaciAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-61738807023431698412010-06-30T00:31:17.628+02:002010-06-30T00:31:17.628+02:00Sounds about right to me. I've always said an...Sounds about right to me. I've always said and other historiansand lawyers agree--much of the 2A legal writing is pretty poor. A lot of consists of circular reasoning and really sloppy research.Jadegoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219212637582238275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-82958293334798461772010-06-29T23:22:35.150+02:002010-06-29T23:22:35.150+02:00Sounds like a sad clown to me.Sounds like a sad clown to me.FatWhiteManhttp://fatwhiteman.comnoreply@blogger.com