Mackubin Thomas Owens writes, among other things:
The Founders did not fear an armed citizenry. Indeed, they saw the Second Amendment and the militia as a means not only to enable citizens to protect themselves against their fellows, but also to protect themselves from oppression by the federal government. “The militia is our ultimate safety,” said Patrick Henry during the Virginia ratifying convention. “We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed. . . . Every one who is able may have a gun.”
The article is primarily about an Arizona newspaper’s editorial advocating the use of the posse comitatus to police the border, given that the Border Patrol won’t. What a fine idea.