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To: Bob434
”The Supreme Court should step in and declare rifles like the ar-15 …”

I certainly hope not.

The Second Amendment was not adopted to limit the arms of the people. It was intended as a restraint on our government.

The Second Amendment could have said, “the right of the people to keep and bear defensive arms shall not be infringed.”. But that is not what our Founders wrote. Our Founders had just overthrown a tyrannical monarch. They intended that the military must remain subordinate to civilian control.

Consider the following quote from Tench Coxe. “ Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American… The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.”

Unlimited power, not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but in the hands of the people. That is why the Second Amendement says “arms” and not “muskets”.

39 posted on 11/05/2023 8:22:04 AM PST by William Tell
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To: William Tell

you hope that they don’t declare that ar-15’s are NOT military weapons and that they should be allowed for self defense? A declaration like that woudl be affirming that civilians have the right to own such for self defense- Am i misunderstandign you?


52 posted on 11/05/2023 7:18:27 PM PST by Bob434
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