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To: susiek

The AG report quotes 2nd Amendment as follows:

The Second Amendment of the Constitution provides: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

with 3 commas.


32 posted on 12/21/2004 7:54:21 AM PST by RBroadfoot
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To: RBroadfoot

They probably got the text off of Westlaw or out of a West-published book, too. I would imagine that if West has three commas, almost everyone uses three commas. I wonder where the one comma version can be found? HatTrick, you're the one who reported that the original text had only one comma--where'd you get that version?


33 posted on 12/21/2004 7:57:03 AM PST by susiek
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To: RBroadfoot

Open in an editor. Zoom in. Looks like three comma's to me.

Here's a hi-res in color pdf version. Click Here.

36 posted on 12/21/2004 8:02:15 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: RBroadfoot
Using the incorrect verson makes it easier for them to ignore the part after that last (imaginary) comma - shall not be infringed.
56 posted on 12/21/2004 10:36:43 AM PST by TERMINATTOR ("I believe in background checks at gun shows or anywhere" - GWB)
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