The Politics of Gene Wolfe

Jeff Wilson · 04 Jul 2010, 07:29 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:29:17 -0500
Subject: (urth) The Politics of Gene Wolfe
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On 7/3/2010 10:55 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>
> Why didn't the Founding Fathers mention self-defense, hunting
> and defense from fascist governments in that amendment?

"to secure a free State" covers defending against fascism. Self-defense 
and hunting would be matters reserved for the states, or more local 
units still.

> Why only militias? And
> are there now legal militias which rely on self-owned weapons?

Yes, starting will all serious historical re-enactment clubs. It's not 
just a Civil War or Revolutionary War thing, there are guys who drill 
with period Russian and German uniforms, personal weaponry, and tactical 
formations, and wargame house-to-house fighting from the Battle of 
Stalingrad. among other places. They own their own weapons or borrow a 
friend's extras, which are typically functional.

Even the SCA is considered a millita by the FBI due to the "heavy 
weapons" activities that include training people to fight in massed 
formations, albeit with sticks and shields and the occasional volley of 
arrows or simulated fiery bombard.

>  A militia armed solely
> with self-owned weapons would tend to get the Ruby Ridge/Waco treatment, I think.

That is a problem, but the Justice Department settled with the Ruby 
Ridge survivors in the millions and the FBI sniper was twice indicted 
for homicide.

The Waco incident was horrendouslyt convoluted and total flame bait, so 
I'll just give you that.

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