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As Dope occasionally points out, as long as you are allowed to keep one black powder squirrel rifle, the gun activists can claim your second amendment rights are not being violated. <g>
Grin back. Anything we do in the area will cause an accusation of arbitrariness, and quite possibly be true. I think red flag laws are appropriate, and Florida claims theirs works. I advocate tax credits for gun safes and gun safes in the car. I honestly don't think we should have the same rules for city/urban areas, and for rural areas. If it's a tradition in your area for open carry of sidearms, that should be allowed. We need to experiment to find out what works.
The idea that we are only limited to historical analogues at the time period from the Bill of Rights to the 13th or 14th Amendment is, I predict, unworkable. The militia component has been relegated to the National Guard by the Constitution and the State. So the National Guard is the organized militia and the unorganized militia is the pool of able bodied men the Fed and State can enlist and draft from. The States have designated no other militia than the National Guard, there are no private or self appointed militias under the Constitution and the States.
