Extremist Christians Aim to Create Armed Militias Against "Godless" Federal Government

By Sarah Posner and Julie Ingersoll, Religion Dispatches
Posted on July 12, 2010, Printed on July 13, 2010
http://www.alternet.org/story/147453/

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Herb Titus, a lawyer for the far-right Gun Owners of America, is jubilant over last week’s Supreme Court decision in the case McDonald v. City of Chicago, finding that state and local regulation of gun ownership must comport with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The decision has also pleased the National Rifle Association, which sees it as ammunition for challenging gun control laws across the country. But for Titus, who thinks the NRA “compromises” on gun rights, the Second Amendment isn’t solely about “firepower,” he says. “You have to see it in its spiritual and providential perspective.”