Showing posts with label jus militia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jus militia. Show all posts

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Rights and the 2nd Amendment

In an old blog post I argued that the Second Amendment created three constitutional rights. “One is a right to participate in the military, in Latin jus militiae, from its origin in Roman law. The second is a right to possess weapons for the purpose of the participation in the militia, [now the National Guard] guaranteed by the first right. The third is a broader right to possess weapons unrelated to matters military.” The Second Amendment: Not One or Two but Three Rights  I was mistaken.