To: justshutupandtakeit
"The members of the militia which was stated as a justification for the 2d. Is the 'people' the same as 'an individual person?' Wonder why the amendment was not written to say '...the right of citizens or inhabitants?' This isn't a trick question. Do you have any idea why that particular wording was selected?"
Are you lame? "The people" in the 2nd Amendment is the same "people" in the 1st, 4th, 9th and 10th Amendments. Ever hear of "We the People"? If you are one of the "people," the Bill of Rights provides for the protection of your rights.
To: ought-six
Are you lame? "The people" in the 2nd Amendment is the same "people" in the 1st, 4th, 9th and 10th Amendments. Ever hear of "We the People"? If you are one of the "people," the Bill of Rights provides for the protection of your rights. You have to be a college graduate to be unable to figure this out.
422 posted on
02/10/2004 11:48:00 PM PST by
Euro-American Scum
(A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
To: ought-six
432 posted on
02/11/2004 7:38:41 AM PST by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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