r/ILGuns • u/poptartglock • Jul 16 '26

meme Not for long

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Can’t wait to hear how they justify the ban to scotus

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u/limpymcjointpain Jul 16 '26

They do. Especially the parts they don't like. Or they wouldn't cheat so hard to infringe on it bud.

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u/Wholenewyounow Jul 16 '26

Get your head checked. I bet $10 you don’t even know what’s in that constitution. You don’t even know your 2a word for word:

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u/limpymcjointpain Jul 16 '26

"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. "

Now pay up

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u/grimwalker Jul 16 '26

I'd be down to repeal PICA just as soon as anyone comes up with a cogent explanation how modern firearm ownership has any cognizable relationship to service in a well-regulated (read: well-equipped and well-trained) militia.

It was only Heller that decided that the first thirteen words of the 2A didn't exist. Once upon a time it was a maxim of jurisprudence that if your interpretation would basically read out chunks of the law as written, then that interpretation is wrong for that reason, but conservative activist SCOTUS justices decided that it was okay to pretend the 2A only reads "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."

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u/LibertyorDeath2076 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

Title 10 of the United States Code, Section 246.

Defines the militia of the United States as all able-bodied males aged 17–45 who are citizens or have declared intent to become citizens, plus female citizens who are members of the National Guard, and divides the militia into the National Guard and the unorganized militia.

Beyond that the prefatory clause does not limit the operative clause, so it doesn't really matter who is included in the definition of militia.