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To: Roscoe
Federalist Tench Coxe, in a widely republished article, described what would become the Second Amendment this way:
"As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people, duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which shall be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms."
From the Emerson decision.

Sorry Roscoe. You lose again. Are you having trouble with the whole definition of inviolatable, unalienable, uninfringable Rights? How many f%cking ways does it need to be stated? State, Federal, even a King would not be able to take such an inherent Right away.

Of course, you have to admit that only if you are NOT a little Hitler tyrant wanna-be like yourself. Go away Nazi.

1,108 posted on 04/21/2003 10:44:31 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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To: Dead Corpse
Are you having trouble with the whole definition of inviolatable, unalienable, uninfringable Rights?

Beg, beg, beg. Those terms aren't "defined" by Coxe as barring state regulations of firearms, and the terms don't even appear in the quote you posted.

Poor you.

1,109 posted on 04/21/2003 12:19:06 PM PDT by Roscoe
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