Militia member 'filled with rage,' plotted ambush

The Grand Rapids Press ^ | Friday, October 17, 2003 | Ed White

[MineralMan]

Uh-oh! This should be an interesting thread, for sure.

I wonder if the 2nd Amendment had anti-aircraft weapons in mind?

[inquest]

It had in mind anything that can be used to execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions.

[DaGman]

"I wonder if the 2nd Amendment had anti-aircraft weapons in mind?"

Got asbestos?

[MineralMan]

""I wonder if the 2nd Amendment had anti-aircraft weapons in mind?"

Got asbestos?"

All I need.

[Just another Joe]

I wonder if the 2nd Amendment had anti-aircraft weapons in mind?

Actually I would think they did since most of the cannon used in the American revolution were privately owned.

[SpellingTroll]

"We told our kids to stay off his property."

Well, trespassing on private property is a crime in Michigan. It is always advisable to stay off private property unless you have the landowner's permission.
Michigan Trespass Law, 324.73102

"There was gunfire a lot," said Lynda Sherburne, a former township clerk who lives nearby.
So? Many people who live in rural Michigan target shoot frequently.

"Who knows where the stray bullets are going.
Typical anti-gun hysterics.

[Freemeorkillme]

Constitutionalist!!!! There, there, I spotted one!

All kidding aside, there are several holes in this rag's account....peppered generously with a liberal dose of fantasy.

"Federal gun and drug charges"... Oooookay, so let's hear the precise charges rather than a pretty delineation of every liberal's nightmare.

[FourPeas]

most of the cannon used in the American revolution were privately owned.

Can you source that?
(My son is quite interested in the American Revolution.)

[Joe Brower]

"I wonder if the 2nd Amendment had anti-aircraft weapons in mind?"

A much better question would be why a government, with entires navies, air & ground forces at it's disposal, be so obsessed with keeping small arms, much less AA, out of the hands of it's citizens.

[bvw]

Yes.

[Just another Joe]

Can you source that?

I can but it will take me a while. I don't have it readily available.

[MineralMan]

"A much better question would be why a government, with entires navies, air & ground forces at it's disposal, be so obsessed with keeping small arms, much less AA, out of the hands of it's citizens."

Sorry, but this guy sounds like a serious nutcase to me. Hardly the poster boy for RKBA. Crosshairs on Bush and Rumsfeld? Sounds pretty indefensible to me.

But, if you have an argument in favor of the man, please let's hear it.

BTW, I'm not an anti-firearms guy. I own my own "arsenal."

[RKV]

I'll bite - yes it certainly did contemplate privately owned weapons of this type. See Article 8 Section 11 of the Constituion which grants congresional power to "grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal". A letter of marque is used by privately owned warships, which even in the 1700's would have had devastating firepower. That settles the issue for me quite easily.

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque

[samtheman]

This guy sounds like a low level lunatic and loser. With the President and VP in his cross-hairs.

Remember, just because he's a gun owner, doesn't make him a roll model.

[MineralMan]

So, do you suppose this gentleman had been issued a "Letter of Marque" by Congress?

[joesnuffy]

there is more than enough stuff in this world to be "filled with rage" about
That is why God ..invented prunes

[B Knotts]

40-acre compound

What exactly is a "compound?" What makes it a "compound?"

[Destructor]

" wonder if the 2nd Amendment had anti-aircraft weapons in mind?"

I wonder if the 1st Amendment had your asinine comment in mind?

[FourPeas]

I thought the same things. We shot frequently on my parents' land when I was a teen. One afternoon while taking target practice my dad and I looked up to see one of our neighbor's hiking across the field in the middle of our shooting range. We'd just returned from setting up more targets and reloading. We'd been shooting for about fifteen minutes already, yet the wacko just wandered through. The wacko actually became angry when told to leave.