โThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.โ
The Founders didn’t just support the RIGHT to own military weapons, they considered the general public having them as an important feature, a defense against any perceived “need” to have a large, permanent standing army. Path to Liberty: May 20, 2019...
In this episode, I articulate the historical reasons that standing military forces were considered despotic in the British tradition, and why the British constitutional system warded against them explicitly. I cover the military occupation by British forces in 1768,...