[Magdalen] right to bear arms

[Jay Weigel]

Or, as in Switzerland, just make it a given that every male (and female, if
you want to make it an equal rights thing) between a certain age is a
member of the militia and must report for military training at a certain
point in his/her life, at which time they are issued a weapon). Thereafter
they take said weapon home and are obliged to keep it in good condition,
subject to surprise inspections which hardly ever happen. They are subject
to call up until the age of 51, IIRC. They get to keep the weapon.

I am also in favor of licensing and mandatory liability insurance for
firearms just as for automobiles.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 6:07 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> [G'------ computer!]
>
> >>>Beat me to it, Scott. Anyway, the founding fathers were also talking
> about
> muskets and single-shot rifles, not semi-automatic weapons, and a
> well-regulated militia, which assumes something more like the National
> Guard, not a bunch of goons running around loose on the streets with those
> weapons.<<<
>
> I've been wondering why, all during these decades of gun control debate,
> no one, NO ONE, in authority on any level has made a really huge deal about
> how the 2nd Amendment speaks NOTHING to the right of individuals NOT in
> relation to a well-regulated militia to own firearms freely and without
> restriction.  Since what I just said is, in fact, the case in plain
> Constitutional English, I say the gov't SHOULD take away everyone's guns.
> I suppose that would start a sword-purchasing epidemic, though.
>