I think we all understand what "militias" were back in the day. And I think we all understand how they changed over time.

They evolved from a gaggle of conscripted boys and farmers, armed with rusty swords and squirrel guns, into the modern professional security forces we know today.

Do you know what didn't change? The Constitution.

From the inception of this nation, it has always been the case that men needed weapons for their very survival. It has been so since we climbed down from the trees.

There has never been a time in our history when anyone questioned a man's right to own weapons. And there has never been a time when they weren't well regulated.

And there has never been a time when enemies of the state didn't make themselves evident in some form, from within and from without. Making the need for some civilians to be armed and the right of all civilians to arm themselves if they felt the need.

It was deemed so important that the founders set it down in those 22 words.

A man who cannot arm himself can't fight back against anything.

Now, you wanna talk gun control? And taking away gun rights from individuals?

I'm all in favor of that and see no Constitutional barrier to it.

Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...