A few years ago, a high ranking General in the Pentagon made the statement that there was no army on Earth that could defeat the U.S. Military... except for the armed civilian populace of the United States.
A few days ago, another Military Analyst made the statement that we are losing ground to the Taliban in Afghanistan... in spite of "advanced machine weapons", training, and backing from the U.S.
I have little doubt the U.S. Military could crush them if the political will to do it was there, but some lightly armed rebels and terrorists defeated the Russians and have kept us quite engaged for over 12 years.
Your silly and ignorant ideas about the 2nd Amendment being an antiquated relic that has no useful purpose in 2017, due to advances in technology, could just as easily apply to Government infringements upon the First or several other Constitutional Amendments.
I'm not at all surprised to see you denigrating the NRA again Ed, and incorrectly accusing them of "subverting the spirit of the 2nd Amendment." You and King have been in denial of the Individual RKBA both before and after the 2008 Heller and McDonald Supreme Court decisions. King has even taken it a step further and repeatedly lied about the Framers original intent concerning the RKBA, saying they never even discussed it or wrote it down. Surely you recall this one Ed:
Ed, historically the individual "right" to bear arms is relatively new. I believe John Ashcroft in 2002 became the first federal attorney-general to proclaim that individuals should be able to own guns. The Supreme Court in 2008 overturned all mainstream legal and historical scholarship by ruling that there is an individual right to own firearms although with some limits. Obama said it again last week.
I believe that during the previous 218 years the Second meant what it said: firearms shall be held by "the People"---a collective and not individual right---insofar they are in the service of "a well-regulated militia." Was an individual right even mentioned at the Constitutional Convention or in the House when it ratified the Amendment or when debated in state legislatures? I don't think so.
I know your trolling won't stop until Dave decides he's had enough of your bullshit. But take heart Ed... Gladys Kravitz, I mean old colonel, is doing all she can to enable you and your pal King to advance your anti-2nd Amendment agendas. And I'll tell you what... if you are jealous of King, I'll place all of your anti-gun posts that I've saved in a Memorial Thread In Silent Doubles when you croak too. If you hurry, you can be first!
your friend,
Selby Lowndes
