Ban the National Rifle Association (NRA)?

Lock, stock, and barrel, the NRA should be banned. On what basis?

First, there is nothing wrong with this aspect of the Second Amendment: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Let’s talk about it.

The purpose of having a “well-regulated Militia” is to ensure that the citizen public is able to defend itself against tyranny and insurrection.

The first lines of defense in protecting government-by-the-people under the rule of law and the US Constitution is for citizens to be well-educated and to vote. When a large portion of the population in a democratic republic are ignorant and inattentive to their responsibility, then the standard for national performance is degraded. It may degrade to dangerously low levels that put the nation at risk.

The right to bear arms was invented at a different time in our history when the nation was immature and technically much less complex. In a simpler time when government infrastructure was insufficient to protect individuals, their participating was essential.

Now, governments at all levels are the “arms” that people need to protect them. Institutions of law enforcement, police, homeland security, and the military are our delegated protectors. They work for us under the rule of law.

It is impractical and dangerous for a nation to proliferate firepower among communities. The risks far outweigh the benefit. In a civilized society, it should not be necessary nor desirable for individuals to be armed.

The National Guard is our militia on a state-by-state basis. Even they keep their weapons under lock and key unless there is a need justifying their deployment.

Citizens’ trusting their government is an essential principle.

Amending the law to prohibit individuals from owning weapons does not preclude citizens being protected by their Militias.

Amending the law may permit qualified and licensed individuals to “rent and borrow” weapons from a regulated arsenal for the purposes of hunting and sports shooting, for instance.

In some locations where local law enforcement does not exist, citizens may be deputized and permitted to bear arms for self and community protection.

That is the way forward.

Under a new amended law, citizens may join a gun club, but such association would be more like being a member of a museum.

“Don’t Be Fooled: The NRA Doesn’t Want to Ban ‘Bump Stocks’
Letting the ATF handle this decision probably means nothing will happen. 

By George ZornickTwitter Ready To Resist? Sign up for Take Action Now and we’ll send you three meaningful actions every Tuesday.In the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting that killed 58 people and wounded 489 more, pressure developed quickly inside Washington to ban “bump stocks,” the devices that Stephen Paddock used to increase the firing rate on his semi-automatic assault rifles. Legislators in the House and Senate introduced bills to ban the accessory, and even some top Republicans said they were willing to consider such measures.”
 https://www.thenation.com/article/dont-be-fooled-the-nra-doesnt-want-to-ban-bump-stocks/