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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939) [View all]aikoaiko
(34,212 posts)32. Two comments.
        1. If Miller had shown up for the court case and demonstrated that short-barrelled rifles were useful in trench warfare, they very well might have struck down the NFA for SBS. But no one showed up.
2. An unorganized militia can be well-regulated if folks show up with the weapons they'll need to defend themselves from oppression. The unorganized militia can be defined in many different ways, but the founders intended that regular folks have the firearms they needed to staff a militia if needed. That's why they said the people shall have the right, not the militia.
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