Word: militia
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...second amendment reads: "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." This legislation was written in 1791, when our fledgling republic still had no regular army or stable government and was desperately afraid of losing its newly-found freedom to a foreign power. Today, we have a well-regulated militia--the U.S. armed forces--a stable government and hundreds of kids dying from gunshot wounds. Yet the gun lobby is desperate to carry the second amendment to the absurdity of letting...
...teacher than experience; after skimming the NRA's web site I know more about the organization, but ironically I understand less. This is the way of the world, I guess. There are some things we can never comprehend, no matter how hard we try. I wonder if the Michigan Militia has a home page...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On lack of federal interest in investigating militia groups] "If these militia and paramilitary groups were African American, law-enforcement agencies would be falling over each other...to investigate...
Olney, however, said the intent of the founding fathers was to create a militia and nothing more...
...this fragmented environment, where news is no longer a common experience, is it any wonder that blacks and whites saw the O.J. Simpson verdict in such a radically different light? Or that right-wing militia groups--nourished by their own books, periodicals and E-mail lists--can be convinced that the West is being invaded by U.N. troops in black helicopters? When traditional sources of news start to disappear, alternate views of the world can flourish...