Grady

Nation Name: Tonku Nation Link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=21609

Cheater. Must have seen right through me.

I actually like that idea. Go for it.

DCCXXXIII

I still love Planet Bob. But yes, this is fun.

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Well this was a very interesting thread. Didn't read a lot of the more stupid arguments. Shout out to a fellow Montana boy, Sheepy. So you all are going to think I am extra crazy. Which I may be, but I believe in the Constitution and our rights as Americans. The true reason that we have firearms is so that we can repel Federal encroachments. Basically, we have guns so that we can kill Federal military and Federal agents if we have to. When the Constitution was being written, and thus the Bill of Rights, the founders had just come out of a very intense war with their government. These guys had just successfully waged war against the largest and most powerful government in the world. They knew the importance of being able to defend yourself against tyrants. Now we all know the second amendment. That may not be enough for some people. People will argue about the "prefatory clause" and how the "militia" is simply the military or the National Guard. First of all, this understanding is wrong. There are two, some would argue three, levels of the "militia". I should start off by saying this. The Founders didn't really want a standing army like we know today. They wanted a very small standing military, it was to be one-one hundredth of the total population of the nation or one-twenty fifth of all able bodied men, see Federalist No. 46. Instead of a military, we were supposed to have a militia. The militia then would have been defined as how it was back then. Average men who left their families and jobs to take up arms. Citizen soldiers. In this day and age, many people believe that the militia is the National Guard. This understanding is wrong. According to the United States Code, Title 10, Section 311; the militia is defined as follows. "(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b The classes of the militia are— (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia." Notice the two tiered militia. First we have the actual standing militia, or the National Guard. Secondly, we have everybody else. This literally encompasses every single male citizen, or those wanting to be a citizen, of the United States of America(I know women aren't included in this but societal changes and various court cases showing precedence would include women in the modern understanding of this). I would assume most state constitutions include a definition like this. I am too lazy to dig out my Montana State Constitution, but I know it has a broad definition of militia like this. Hopefully this should provide some helpful background as to why we have weapons and who should have weapons. Honestly, I believe any gun control law requires a constitutional amendment before it can legally have and power as law. Thanks for reading my rant. I will include links to my references below. U.S.C, Title 10, Sub. Title A, Pt. 1, Ch. 13, Sec. 311. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/311 Federalist Papers. I recommend reading the high 20's. Especially #28 and all the 40's. I referenced #46. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1404/1404-h/1404-h.htm Here is a modern translation for easier reading. http://freedom-school.com/law/federalist-papers-in-modern-language.pdf Thanks to whoever started this topic. I love talking about this kind of stuff. Edit: Sorry for the formatting and font going wacky. I don't know what I did.

Hello everybody! My name is Grady and I am an old Cyber Nations player. I decided to come join this game after a few of my (That terrible game that is totally irrelevant and I shouldn't be bringing it up anyways) friends recommended it to me. Hopefully I can manage to balance both games. This game looks really cool and I hope to be an active part of your community.