No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
this excerpt is from the us constitution as written and adopted in 1789.
---- 1789 ----
The Constitution for the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States of America. It was completed on September 17, 1787, with its adoption by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was later ratified by special conventions in each state. It created a federal union of sovereign states, and a federal government to operate that union. It replaced the less defined union that had existed under the Articles of Confederation. It took effect on March 4, 1789
and was amended a few years later in 1791 to reflect the right of the people to keep and bear arms and the right of
the states to have a well regulated militia and there is no mention of the need for any type of approval or permissions needed from the president or congress for any state to form
a state militia that is commanded by the state government.
--- 1791 ---
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791, as part of the first ten amendments contained in the Bill of Rights.[
as the second amendment clearly states.
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.
that's written pretty clearly and really needs no correction.
I can understand its meanings.
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;
there is a distinct difference when the word militia
is being discussed those differences being...
the national guard (or National Guard of a State)
is state organized , and governed , and can be called to
active duty
only by state governors or territorial commanding generals to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.
the national guard of the united statesis federally organized , and governed , and can be called to
active duty by the president of the united states.
The constitution provides that the defense of the country at large is provided by the US military. It also requires that the states not attack each other, or words to that effect.
as a whole nation the us military is the main defense of
the union of us states.
what are the words you are speaking of when you wrote..
requires that the states not attack each other, or words to that effect.
I have read the second amendment that requires that states
have a well regulated militia but haven't read that part yet.
And of course the 2nd amendment mentions a well regulated militia. But I don't see any place where the states are required to have a well regulated militia. The quote I have above mentions the militia of the several states, but I don't see that it requires them to have one.
the bill of rights is a list of rights that
pertain to the rights of the people and are listed
as articles.
there are 12 articles in the bill of rights.
the fourth article in the bill of rights 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.
in todays language it might read as follows.
you have the right to have a well trained and well armed militia in your state of residence , and in order to properly defend your state in the event of war you also have the right to keep and bear arms and munitions and equipment that could be compared to the standard arms and munitions and equipment in use by the us armed forces so that you can be properly equipped and supplied with the arms and munitions and equipment that you would need to fulfill your role as a member in your state militia to keep in your possession in the event of war to take to the war when you are called to report to the war , and these rights cannot legally be removed.
heres what alexander Hamilton said about a
"well regulated militia".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Ame...ated_militia.22 Alexander Hamilton wrote the following about "organizing", "disciplining", "arming", and "training" of the militia as specified in the enumerated powers:
If a well regulated militia be the most natural defence of a free country, it ought certainly to be under the regulation and at the disposal of that body which is constituted the guardian of the national security ... confiding the regulation of the militia to the direction of the national authority ... [but] reserving to the states ... the authority of training the militia ... A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it. To oblige the great body of the yeomanry, and of the other classes of the citizens, to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as often as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well-regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss ... Little more can reasonably be aimed at, with respect to the People at large, than to have them properly armed and equipped; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year.[73]
the wording above clearly is focused on the national security
not state security yet the words "well regulated militia" clearly describe a militia that is well trained , well equipped for war in the event that the militia is called upon by its commander.
so the above pretty much clears up the meaning used in the
days that the bill of rights were written and the words
"well regulated militia" were used in the bill of rights.
so we know what our fore fathers meant when these words were written.
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was a founding father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Federalist Party, the world's first voter-based political party, the Father of the United States Coast Guard
