Exactly. The militia carried what they owned, down even to food and ammo. If you wanted a cannon, some individual had to buy and maintain it.
So this all comes down to the intent of the founders. The constitutionality or legality of a gun law has nothing at all to do with polls or modern crime statistics, and everything to do with the authors intent over 200 years ago, as that is what was ratified and carries the power of law today. On Jan 10, 2013 4:28 PM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote: > > "I would say it means that in order to have a well regulated militia (aka > laws > about the militia and it's use are constitutional) you need an armed > population, > and therefore the right of the individual to own and carry arms shall be in > no way limited." > > > When the Constitution was written, how were militia formed? Who provided > the weapons? > > > > > > J > > - > > Fascism and Communism are merely variants of the same totalitarianism which > central control of economic activity tends to produce. - F. A. Hayek > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359968 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
