Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Well-cited historian discusses the origin of the Second Amendment Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 17:53:44 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: Injection-Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 19:53:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="242b6682f4d6545f5c3df8d169b99dc8"; logging-data="1570898"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/CcFU9BucCfWmggUN/MFpfM1CGe0+RQNo=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:XLBNNJh6ZB0AooR59Zo4htvoAjw= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1755 Joyce Malcolm is a historian well-beloved in gun rights circles whose work has influenced the federal judiciary, including Supreme Court decisions. The discussion of 16th and 17th century attitudes is quite fascinating. Why a militia and why was there horror of a standing army during peacetime? That would be centuries of experience of standing armies in Europe during peacetime whose main use was to oppress the people. The militia was all able-bodied men from teenage boys to 60 year olds. These were intended to be your friends and neighbors and hopefully wouldn't be used to infringe upon liberty. Of course they were also expected to be used to suppress slave rebellions... I need to include a trigger warning for BTR1701. At 9 minutes in, she quotes from Schenck. "Militia" in 2nd Amendment: Why? Colonial + Early Republic Gun Laws with Dr. Joyce Malcolm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq7K45CTa9Q