A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers & the Origin of Gun Control in Am

[MCgrease08]

I stumbled across this scholarly review of A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origin of Gun Control in America (Cornell, Saul 2006), a work that the gun control crowd sometimes points to when trying to make the argument that the second amendment is a collective right that only applies to militias.

The author examines writings from the Founding Fathers, the views of early states and contemporary commentary and early case law.

This is a fascinating read on the origin of the text that ultimately became the second amendment, while completely annihilating the argument that the right to bear arms isn't an individual right.

This is an absolute must-read for anyone looking for a better understanding of the founder's intent or simply wants something to cite when countering false claims of the gun control crowd.

This is one of the most condensed yet comprehensive and informational work on the second amendment that I've come across. One would likely needed to read entire books on the subject in order to glean what can be found here.

"A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origin of Gun C" by David T. Hardy

You will need to download the pdf. It's 49 pages and took me a little more than an hour to read it straight through.

 

[Bfish]

Thanks for posting! I'll read it here soon when I've got the time to sit down and hopefully do it all in one swoop.

 

[Thor]

Downloaded for perusal....thanks!

 

[NVG]

OP, Thank you for the info. Definitely will look into it.

 

[Litebow]

Thanks, and downloaded!

 

[CraigAPS]

Nice find, McGrease! Thanks.

On a side note, has anyone actually read the book referenced??

 

[KellyinAvon]

Thanks McGrease!

 

[M67]

Typical right wing garbage. The 2nd amendment was meant for hunting bambi

 

[2A_Tom]

Thanks for the link OP I will read it later.

This is another good reference for those who have not already downloaded it.

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=1444

The old link has expired, this one works.

 

[Litebow]

Your link does not work for me.

Thanks for the link OP I will read it later.

This is another good reference for those who have not already downloaded it.

J. Neil Schulman: The Unabridged Second Amendment

 

[307SD]

Thanks for the link. Downloaded and saved.

 

[CraigAPS]

Hey, Falcon, I can't get either link for the piece you recommended. Do you have another or a way I could Google it?

 

[2A_Tom]

Google must be breaking the links.

Paste this in your browser.

The Unabridged Second Amendment, J. Neil Schulman

 

[Trigger Time]

I'll have to read this.
We all should be able to agree that the founding fathers were very smart men and wise beyond their years. So why would wise men who has just thrown off the chains of tyranny and formed a more perfect form of government but who were also very sceptical of any form of government and even the republic they had just created, why would they allow that government to form an army or militia to police itself? Lol it's just stupid to think they would.
The people are the police or militia. A well trained civilian militia seperate of the government so that if they ever needed to keep said government in check or change it they could.
So easy

 

[MCgrease08]

... why would wise men who has just thrown off the chains of tyranny and formed a more perfect form of government but who were also very sceptical of any form of government and even the republic they had just created, why would they allow that government to form an army or militia to police itself? Lol it's just stupid to think they would.
The people are the police or militia. A well trained civilian militia seperate of the government so that if they ever needed to keep said government in check or change it they could.
So easy

The is some writing from 19th century legal minds that examined the idea of the government being able to define the militia.

 

[madvarminter]

gonna give it a read while im at work might as well do something useful while im there

 

[Tanfodude]

Anyone read this yet?

 

[MCgrease08]

I was wondering the same. Not much discussion yet.

 

[Tanfodude]

I'll read this on my vacation. LOL. About the only time I can really read anything.