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He can appoint not only Supreme Court vacancy but also many unfilled positions in the lower Federal Courts with not only pro second amendment justices but also NRA approved second amendment justices with a simple majority of the Senate. So even the lower circuits will be filled with staunch second amendment justices.

But, don't get your hopes up on legislation as we only gave him a razor thin edge in the Senate. Legislation, unlike the simple majority by the senate to confirm a Supreme Court or lower court justice, will take 60 votes to get any bill through and that means Democratic support for any legislation.

Don't hold your breath waiting for that support.

The argument in favour of your 2nd. amendment as an individual right is easily proven by the fact that when there is a war they call upon the civilian force to assist; they call it conscription. Politicians start the war then can't work fast enough to arm the civilian population to get them out of the mess they started and save their butts.

'The right of ordinary citizens to possess weapons is the most extraordinary, most controversial and least understood of those liberties secured by Englishmen and bequeathed to their American colonists. It lies at the very heart of the relationship between the individual and his fellows, and between the individual and his Government.' Joyce Lee Malcolm. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guns-Violence-Joyce-Lee-Malcolm/dp/0674016084

At least Trump has given the U.K. a warm welcome for when it leaves the E.U. Obama issued veiled threats regarding trade if we left and I think that swayed a lot of undecided people to vote 'Leave'. We don't like foreigners telling us what to do or making threats. Trump may be an oddball but I think he is the better choice for U.S. & U.K. relations. Lagopus.....

Lagopus:
Very well put!
Jim

Granted my grasp of history is a bit sketchy, but when you say ..."those liberties secured by Englishmen and bequeathed to their American colonists" you mean we shot y'all's azzes up at Lexington and Concord and sent you packing back to Boston when you tried to take our guns and ammo, then yes, I agree.

A golf course and front of the line on any trade deals! Cracking good show! It will give the Duck a good excuse to go to Spain and shoot partridge instead of freezing in some bloody awful Scottish bog.

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Bloody 'ell. Shoulda went to Spain with the Duck!
(As I snap hook another Titlest into the North Sea)

lagopus, I believe our armies were always drawn from the militias. The "donkeys" orders in 1915 resulted in virtual destruction of the old professional British Army, at the Second Battle of Ypres particularly, where my uncle was a machine-gunner from Bermuda. More British soldiers died in the first two hours at Loos than the number of casualties in all three services on both sides on D-Day 1944.

loansome roads we couldn't afford to spare the troops because of a potential threat from across the Channel in France after the colonists solicited help from Britain's main enemy the French. Neat move of your part. One interesting statistic from the Colonial War was that more British troops deserted to be with their colonial sweethearts that were actually killed in the fighting. Another neat move on your part.

King Brown, the British army were always a professional army until the First World War when conscription became a requirement due to losses. My Great Uncle was also killed at Ypres in 1915. It was a tough war but the 1914 British professional lot were the best trained, equipped and experienced in the world at that time. Although greatly outnumbered they stopped the Germans in their tracks with the Germans believing that we were all armed with machine guns because of the speed and accuracy of fire. We then had to retreat to close the gap between us in Belgium and the French army and then it was a case of just dig in and hold. Lagopous.....

A better grasp of history would confirm you just picked a good time to depart (and a strategic ally). It actually wasn't some kind of David and Goliath triumph. I know it's sometimes surprising but often, there are things going on outside your country. But having said that, myth making is important and in America's case, led to great things.

Like I said before about the Brexit vote, we've kicked your ass and saved it for centuries and now you're telling us what to do, I don't think so.

Your revolution succeeded mostly because the British had bigger fish to fry. We burned your White House down last time we had a violent disagreement. During WWI, you did your very best to stay out of it until the last year, and in WWII you again tried hard to stay out of it. When you did enter the fray, it was after 3 years of hard fighting already and only because you were attacked. No wonder you seemed fresh by comparison. You were.

As per my earlier post, please refrain from repeating myths or excessive jingoism. Instead, learn history and then comment on it.

Hardly a case of "we've kicked your ass and saved it for centuries"

During the revolution the presence of the French in North America played a two-fold role against the British. Not only was active combat against the British in the Colonies, but the British were spread thin throughout the Caribbean guarding sugarcane plantations against French intrusion and seizure.