is an article about the recent decision by a California judge to strike down the state’s 32-year old ban on assault weapons [Tx7]. It was written by Eliga Gould, Professor of History at the Univeristy of New Hampshire, and published by the The Conversation.
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Citizen’s militias. U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez asserts that citizens have a right to own a private assault weapon not just for defense of a gun owner’s home, but also for “citizens’ militias” engaged in homeland defense [Ix8].
The Constitution is clear. With that said, the only militias protected by the Second Amendment are “well-regulated” units authorized and controlled by state governments, not a private citizen militia [Tx9].