(June 14, 2016 at 4:46 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote:(June 14, 2016 at 3:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Right here. If you don't want to face reality that is not my problem. But I'm not going to back off because you love the boys in blue.
I was just wondering which of my posts you were distorting to get "you think all cops are good" from. Nice strawman.
One of many. If you can't explain your position better than you risk being misunderstood. You'll have to deal with it.
BTW, "The 2nd isn't about sporting guns, it's about the ability of militiamen to have guns to defend the local area from marauding Indians and pirates."
It wasn't so much about Indians and pirates as it was about....
slavery.
http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/..._Bogus.pdf
Or rather, the need for James Madison to convince Virginia planters that the federal government would not prevent the state militia from putting down a slave revolt.