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Old 06-23-2014, 12:12 AM
OM603 OM603 is offline
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Originally Posted by Benzasaurus View Post
Here's a country that has a "well regulated militia". I wonder what people make of it.
Define "well regulated"? What was the definition and the common usage understanding of the term and it's application when the COTUS Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791?

Switzerland's "militia" is by definition a bigoted and hateful sexist patriarchal anachronism in that it consists exclusively of "able bodied men between the ages of 20 and 34" and the Swiss constitution does not recognize nor does it specifically prohibit the infringement of it's citizens individual right to "keep and bear arms"!

Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it:

"Switzerland may have one of the highest personal gun ownership rates in the world.[44] It has an overall low crime rate by European standards, but it has one of the highest rates of gun homicide, and the highest gun suicide rate in Europe.[45][46] However Switzerland also has one of the world's lowest overall homicide rates, a rate considerably lower than the European average.[47]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms#United_States_of_America

From the same Wiki page this seems to comport more favorably with your stated views:

The right to keep and bear arms is explicitly rejected by the national constitution. Instead, the state is exclusively charged with "protecting and fortifying" the country.


"The State shall implement the line of self-reliant defence, the import of which is to arm the entire people, fortify the country, train the army into a cadre army and modernize the army on the basis of equipping the army and the people politically and ideologically."

























































Chapter IV, Article 60 of the Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) :

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