(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

[brunians at brunians.org]

Have none of you read the Federalist and the Antifederalist?

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> 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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