[Magdalen] right to bear arms

Sibyl Smirl polycarpa3 at ckt.net
Fri Dec 11 23:38:27 UTC 2015


On 12/11/15 5:07 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
> [G'------ computer!]
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>>>> Beat me to it, Scott. Anyway, the founding fathers were also talking about
> muskets and single-shot rifles, not semi-automatic weapons, and a
> well-regulated militia, which assumes something more like the National
> Guard, not a bunch of goons running around loose on the streets with those
> weapons.<<<
>
> I've been wondering why, all during these decades of gun control debate, no one, NO ONE, in authority on any level has made a really huge deal about how the 2nd Amendment speaks NOTHING to the right of individuals NOT in relation to a well-regulated militia to own firearms freely and without restriction.  Since what I just said is, in fact, the case in plain Constitutional English, I say the gov't SHOULD take away everyone's guns.  I suppose that would start a sword-purchasing epidemic, though.
>
>

I already have a sword.

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