A remarkable departure and some out-of-the-box thinking for the mainstream, although to libertarians this is old news.

The fact that he still thinks a draft is necessary shows he's not quite clear on the concept yet, but who knows?

Obviously, the concept of a decentralized army is not as valid now as it was back when the ultimate weapons were cannons you could drag behind a team of mules, but an armed citizenry is critical to our future safety. It has not escaped the notice of many people that had just the pilots, never mind the passengers, been armed on these hijacked flights, the whole thing would have turned out differently. Now if all the passengers had been armed...