(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
David Stockhoff
dstockhoff at verizon.net
Fri Jul 2 10:43:25 PDT 2010
Or to defend the State state vs the Federal state, at most.
Lee Berman wrote:
>
>>>> The intent of the second amendment is to allow the citizenry to more
>>>> readily defend themselves against the government, when this becomes
>>>> necessary, as it inevitably does.
>>>>
>
> There is a classic A.E. Van Vogt story called The Weapon Shop which addresses
> this issue using that interpretation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapon_Shop
> Great pulp SF story. I loved it.
>
> And didn't Gene Wolfe mention Van Vogt in Fifth Head of Cerberus? I bet he has
> read that story.
>
> Anyway, the wording of the Second Amendment is-
>
>
>> "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."
>>
>
> To me this wording suggests an interpretation counter to the standard
> Libertarian view which seems to focus on the word "free" and ignores the other
> 26 words. Bearing arms would seem to be meant for the defense of the state not
> to attack the state or defend against it. A "well regulated militia" sounds like
> a state organized function to me not some sort of individual defense against
> the state or lawless brigands or wild animals.
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