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"Our Constitution did not authorize permanent foreign entanglements." Worried about the Constitution, are we? Well, it doesn’t authorize standing armies either
by taylodl 11mo ago
"Our Constitution did not authorize permanent foreign entanglements." Worried about the Constitution, are we? Well, it doesn’t authorize standing armies either - yet here we are.
- jleyank 11mo agoIt also required a well-regulated militia to handle all those guns. That's how it was going to do without that standing army.
- taylodl 11mo agoThe Constitution doesn’t require a well-regulated militia - it simply says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The militia is mentioned as a reason, not a condition.
- jleyank 11mo agoThe militia is mentioned first, but I’m not an English major who is able to parse old sentences. The militia is “necessary” so they need to know where the, erm, candidates are located and what they pack.
- halJordan 10mo agoIt clearly says a well regulated militaries is necessary for the security of a free state. You can dither on whether the Constitution establishes a secure state or a free one, but the syllogism is there