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To: dr_lew
The Second Amendment went BEYOND this ( literally ) unquestioned right, and affirmed the right of states to support their own militias.

You're going to have to explain that one a little more...

32 posted on 05/23/2016 10:20:56 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

“The right of the people to keep and bear arms” means, I think, that the people have the right to maintain an armed force, an army, on whatever scale. This is in potential opposition to the federal authority, you see. The significance of it has been lost with the complete obliteration of the autonomy of the “states” ... a misnomer now for “provinces”, however proudly we may bear the name. Ironic, isn’t it?


33 posted on 05/23/2016 10:39:05 PM PDT by dr_lew
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