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Showing posts with label second amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label second amendment. Show all posts
Monday, August 12, 2019

President Trump Should Say "No" to Federal Gun Legislation

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I sent this message to the president. I was surprised to hear conservatives on Fox arguing for federal gun legislation that infringes the ri...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Edwin Vieira May Have a Point

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Edwin Vieira's point about the absence of state- and local-based militias in America has made me think about the Second Amendment. I...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

America Needs a Militia

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This interview   of Edwin Vieira is instructive.  His discussion is based on his book The Sword and Sovereignty: The Constitutional P...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Physicians, Guns and Lawyers

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I just received this e-mail from  Robroy4355: A)  The number of physicians in the  U.S.  is 700,000. (B)  Accidental deaths caused ...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Aristotle and the Second Amendment II

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"...when citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name--a constitution. ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Aristotle on the Right to Bear Arms

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In Book II, chapter 8 of Politics Aristotle describes the city of Hippodamus, the son of Euryphon. Aristotle credits Hippodamus with the in...
Friday, July 31, 2009

A Message Concerning NY from The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action

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New York State Senate Called Back for Special Session! Please Contact Your State Senator! At the urging of Senate Democratic leadership, the...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

My Letter to Congressman Maurice Hinchey Re HR 45

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Dear Congressman Hinchey: I oppose gun control and in particular HR 45, Representative Bobby Rush's (D-IL)Blair Holt's Firearm Licen...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Obama Tyranny Rising: Military Assault on Firearms

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H/t Nancy Razik: Gentlemen, I am an 11B [Infantryman] currently assigned at Fort Campbell . I live off post, with my firearms(which I don...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Second Amendment and the Doctrine of Probable Use

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There are frequent discussions of whether to limit the ownership of various kinds of weapons such as assault rifles, machine guns and the li...

Every American Is Morally Obliged to Own a Gun

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I have previously blogged about the Federalist 29 in which Alexander Hamilton discusses the militia. The militia, the body of citizens whic...
Friday, October 24, 2008

NRA Says No to Obama

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Texas Darlin posts this video from the National Rifle Association : Links are available here
Monday, August 18, 2008

Alexander Hamilton on the Second Amendment

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Hamilton's Federalist No. 29 is about the issue of regulating militias. On the one hand, it was necessary to form a "well regulated...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The Federalist Number 8 and the Second Amendment

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The Federalist No. 8, attributed to Hamilton, sheds some light on the Second Amendment debate. As many have pointed out, the Second Amendmen...