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It Takes A Militia: A Communitarian Case For Compulsory Arms Bearing, Brannon P. Denning, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
It Takes A Militia: A Communitarian Case For Compulsory Arms Bearing, Brannon P. Denning, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
During the last year, both Communitarianism and private militias have received a considerable amount of attention in the popular press and in law reviews; nevertheless, few observers have discussed the similarities between these two seemingly dissimilar movements. In this Essay, the authors demonstrate that Communitarians and militias actually have more in common than it might at first appear. Summarizing the Communitarian agenda, the authors note that Communitarians speak a language that would be readily understood by the Framers, who saw militias as an important vehicle through which civic virtue could be transmitted. The importance the Framers placed upon militias is …