Author: Second Amendment is for Militias
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 2nd, 2011 5:39 am by HL
Author: Second Amendment is for Militias
Robert Spitzer, the author of www.drudge.com“>The Politics of Gun Control and a member of the National Rifle Association, says the NRA is off-base in its interpretation of the Second Amendment. “The burden was placed on each militia-eligible man to obtain firearms, to keep them in good working order and to bring them to militia service at such time when they were called up,” Spitzer said. “In fact, Congress enacted a law in 1792 which required militiamen to have a working musket. … That law was widely ignored, but it underscored the fact that the government didn’t have the resources or ability to arm militia citizens, and so the burden fell on the [citizens].”