A comment to a recent article read this way, "... who is to say what 'well regulated' meant back then. The idea of 'regulation' was repugnant to people back then. I believe the regulation was simply be ready to grab you rifle and go if needed."
The 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."
My sense of the meaning of "militia" is that it is the informal mass of people standing by, ready for action, if it is necessary to protect their peace and independence from the government.
In the past we may have thought of the National Guard as the first step in that force. I certainly don't. Considering that the National Guard may be under the orders of the Governor (is it?), and since we have a Governor in Illinois who is trying to disarm the public, why would The People ever depend on the National Guard to stand between the Government and them?
Q. Why does the law-abiding public need banana clips that hold 30 rounds or a detachable drum for a rifle that will hold 100 rounds?
A. Because of the awesome firepower already in the hands of the National Guard and in the hands of sheriffs' deputies and police officers. They are agents of the government.
Does anyone around here think that Sheriff Nygren would not like to disarm the law-abiding public? He will mouth the words "Second Amendment", but he has never said that he is in favor of concealed (or open) carry. Pretty soon it will be time to start asking Bill Prim, Jim Harrison and Andy Zinke exactly where they stand on the Second Amendment, concealed-carry, and ownership of semi-automatic rifles and pistols with magazines of any size and of any design or appearance.
Even when Nygren was allowed to speak at the first meeting of the McHenry County Right to Carry Association, he did not say that he favored concealed carry. I was sitting only 2-3 chairs from him and listening very carefully. I doubt that Nygren even intended to be there, because he had not accepted the invitation to speak and was not listed on the program.
When the Illinois Sheriffs' Association voted on its Resolution to favor concealed carry, was Nygren even at that Sunday morning meeting in January 2009? Unfortunately, no record of the vote survives. It was a voice vote by those present, and I haven't found anyone who remembers Nygren's being there. And if he was there, how did he vote?
Is it time to create a "well-regulated militia" in McHenry County? Where do we meet? The Woodstock Square? The front parking lot at the McHenry County Government Center? Would Woodstock North High School make its fancy auditorium available?
You never know who is interested…
3 months ago
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When the states were first organized they were essentially little countries of their own. What is now the nationalguard is essentially the individual state's "army". So the idea of the militia and the mational guard being one in the same cannot be. Like Gus said it is the citizens being ready and able to fend off a tyrannical got. if the needshould arise. A second purpose would be to help defendthe country in case of invasion. The Japaneese took note of this in WW 2 when one of their commanders remarked that invasion of the USA would be very costly if mot impossible as everyone was armed.
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