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A Well Regulated Militia

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A well regulated militia is the only thing that could have saved the victims of a madman in Aurora!

No law can protect individuals from madmen/terrorists! No police force can protect us from everything. No innocent citizen should be surrounded by officers of the state.

Guns are not the problem!

Guns are the solution!

A well regulated militia! Do you know what those words meant at the time they were penned?

"Well regulated" simply means well trained!

"Militia" was simply the armed citizen, individuals and in groups both formal and individually!

A well regulated militia! An armed citizen or armed citizens well trained in the use of arms.

One militiamen with one gun could have save most of those victims. Several militiamen with guns definably could have saved all, but the first. The police could have done no more.

Colorado has concealed carry, where were the responsible armed citizens/militia?

"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."

An armed citizen or armed citizens well trained in the use of arms, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. There is no security without a well trained and armed population!

The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting, nothing to do with antique arms. The Second Amendment is about security, both public and private with the most current arms possible.

"Vengeance is mine said the Lord" How dare the CO Prosecutor consult the victims families about the death penalty! No government should be involved in vengeance! This man should be put to death because he’s murdered! The government’s fiduciary duty is to protect the populace! No executed murder has ever murdered again.

There can be no security, no safety, until first we assume personal responsibility!

My prayers go to the victims and their families.

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Bill

William J Archambault Jr

The Real Estate Investment Institute

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Comments(38)

William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Rob,

Uncle Joe should plan ahead too!

Two to the center of mass and one to the cranium, sounds like a plan to me.

Crazy weapons? Like num-chucks, pepper spray, pocket knives, cell phones to call 911, karate chops, stun guns, popcorn you may be right, but such toys give them hope while waiting to be shot.

Bill

 

Jul 26, 2012 06:44 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

William, that shooting makes me want to carry my pistol every where with me. I have a gun carrying permit and if someone at that movie had their pistol they may have saved some of those people.

Jul 26, 2012 07:26 AM
Than Maynard
Coldwell Banker Heart of Oklahoma - Purcell, OK
Broker - Licensed to List & Sell - 405-990-8862

BTW, talk to a cop. They will tell you they are not there to STOP crimes, they are there to arrest the criminals after the crime has been committed. Yes, at times they get to prevent a crime from happening, but their job is to REACT to the crime.

Jul 26, 2012 07:50 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Mike,

That's a huge commitment!

I wish more people would make it.

Bill

Jul 26, 2012 08:18 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Than,

I know. There was a Supreme Court ruling to that effect, but I couldn't find it, to site.

Bill

Jul 26, 2012 08:21 AM
Karl Hess
Keller Williams Shore Properties - Barnegat, NJ
on The Jersey Shore

If "'well regulated' simply means well trained;" does that mean you'd support mandatory "training" for all gun owners or those that wish to purchase guns? (not that this would've stopped the abomination in Colorado). I just wonder how you could justify mandatory training with the "shall not be infringed" portion of the 2nd within the context of your post.

And if you truly beleive that "The Second Amendment is about security, both public and private with the most current arms possible" then there should be NO laws restricting the purchase and/or ownership of say, grenade launchers or a Stinger....right?

Jul 27, 2012 02:05 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Karl,

You pose some interesting questions!

We have mandatory education, I believe it should include practical self-defense and moral responsibility, whether or not the individual ever buys a gun. (We’d all be safer!) To support a mandatory prerequisite to a gun purchase is to confuse a right with a privilege!

Some people lose their Second Amenment rights due to criminal activity or proven mental incompetence, others have lost the right to vote, I support both.

Why did you omit tactical nukes? The individual’s right to self-protection only extends to the immediate threat/s grenades and missiles are not controllable enough to limit such defense to the threat, nor are either considered a fire-arm, they are "arms," but not by the meaning that the founders knew.

Bill

Jul 27, 2012 04:00 AM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life

See Bill, that's Karl Hess.  Now you know him:)

Jul 27, 2012 04:40 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Jason,

Karl is welcome here anytime, but it's going to take allot more to know him.

Bill

Jul 27, 2012 05:03 AM
Karl Hess
Keller Williams Shore Properties - Barnegat, NJ
on The Jersey Shore

Could the founders have imagined an Uzi Carbine?

Jul 27, 2012 05:59 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Yes!

They had in mind individual military weapons.

Bill

Jul 27, 2012 06:18 AM
Karl Hess
Keller Williams Shore Properties - Barnegat, NJ
on The Jersey Shore

OK - so any type of "individual military weapon" should be covered by the 2nd regardless of it's firepower and/or rate of fire?

Jul 27, 2012 08:20 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Karl,

Am I being ambiguous?

For the record it "is covered" not "should be covered!"

Bill

Jul 27, 2012 09:05 AM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life

Glad that is settled.  Can we move on to Gay Marriage, the Debt Ceiling, & Donald Trumph's influence on the Political Climate?

Jul 27, 2012 02:04 PM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life

God hearts the TMZ version of this stuff ;)

Jul 27, 2012 02:06 PM
Satar Naghshineh
Satar - Amiri Property and Financial Services Corp. - Irvine, CA

Actually, the Constitution says "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."

A few points:

1. The state has the right to have a well regulated militia. In other words the state can train and manage their own militia. It doesn't mean that the people need to be regulated to own guns. I believe a few court cases even stated that one must not be in a militia to own certain type of guns or to be trained to use them.

2. In regards to "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms". I wonder if that applies to armaments as well. At the time of the American revolution, there were cannons. Were/are Americans able to own cannons?

3. The second amendment was not just about protection from other people, but from a tyrannical government. If the government has an uzi carbine, then an American should have one too.

 

 

Jul 27, 2012 02:59 PM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Jason,

It's settled? Good!

The Donald has influence? I didn't know.

Bill

Jul 27, 2012 08:43 PM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Satar,

There is no mention of a state's right! Only it's need!

I would love to read those court cases, I supect urban myth.

Armenerments? I don't know.

Bill

Jul 27, 2012 08:48 PM
Karl Hess
Keller Williams Shore Properties - Barnegat, NJ
on The Jersey Shore

So, back to my original point: Why isn't the shoulder-fired Stinger Missile a "individual military weapon?" Because the founders couldn't imagine one, but they could imagine a gun that shoots 400 rounds per minute?

Jul 27, 2012 09:58 PM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Karl,

If you feel the need for Stingers go for it.

Personally, I'm qualified or was qualified with Bazookas, LAW rockets, flame throwers and explosives and have never felt the need for any of them.

400 hundred rounds per minute? That takes a belt fed weapon, don't confuse cyclic rate with how many rounds can be fired from a magazine feed weapon.

More to the point, the founders imaged weapons equal to what any tyrant or tyrannical government could field. Could they forsee machine guns or stingers the idea is as absurd as the question!

Bill

Jul 27, 2012 10:38 PM