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Entry: Gun Rights, the Militia, and Community Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/gun_rights_the_militia_and_community#31226 Post contents: Mr. Roach, in reply to my previous post, it sounds like you are saying that the militia must get its arms and training from the government. In the case of the organized militia, perhaps so. But not necessarily, or even desirably, for the unorganized militia. When it comes to weapons, "one size fits all" will not optimally meet the physical and circumstantial needs of millions of diverse citizens. As for training, it might be a good idea for schools to teach firearms handling and safety, but recent history suggests that we should beware of "training" requirements being made sufficiently inconvenient and burdensome as to discourage people--remember how the Bush administration did that to airline pilots when it couldn't prevent passage of the legislation allowing them to fly armed after 9/11. The word "subordination," as you appear to be using it, doesn't harmonize very well with our Bill of Rights. Subordination implies a hierarchy, a chain of command from superior to inferior. We citizens are not inferior to government officials; they work for us, not the reverse. Obedience to just, non-tyrannical laws established democratically is not subordination. Organized government and written law properly exist that we may enjoy the blessings of liberty. The whole point of the Bill of Rights was to enumerate some of the pre-existing, inalienable individual rights that legislators and government officials must observe. Sent at: 2008 12 02