Whatever was meant by Militia is ignored by a paranoid movement which has succumbed to pathological slippery slope'ism.
In other words, when I say "I want the kind of background checks that prevent people with clinically diagnosed mental illness from getting guns"
They hear:
"I want to prevent ALL gun ownership"
In short, they win arguments by changing them.
In other words, when I say "I want the kind of background checks that prevent people with clinically diagnosed mental illness from getting guns"
They hear:
"I want to prevent ALL gun ownership"
In short, they win arguments by changing them.