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To: Eastbound
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"The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and court in the first half century after its ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner."

Note: " . . . . that what IS protected IS an individual right . . . "

Sounds like a pretty good definition of what "IS" is to me.

22 posted on 11/30/2003 4:02:34 PM PST by Eastbound
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To: Neil E. Wright
PING!
23 posted on 11/30/2003 4:05:29 PM PST by Eastbound
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To: Eastbound
thanks and thanks, but that is still not quite the same animal.

CCW = Carry Concealed Weapon, on one's person, for the purpose of self-defense by means up to and including use of lethal force.

That "in a peaceful manner" gives the Leftists too much weasel-room.
24 posted on 11/30/2003 4:06:00 PM PST by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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