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To: AZRepublican
First nine has nothing to do with States or people, but everything to do with prohibited acts of Congress.

Well... wrong. But thanks for playing.

As expressed, they are "declaratory and restrictive clauses". This means they declare something to be so, and impose a restriction. In regards to the Second Amendment, it says RKBA is a Right of the People and it shall not be infringed.

Period. End of story. FedGov, States, home owners associations, whatever... Hands Off RKBA.

Easy-peasy.

And yes, I have the quotes from the Founders to back this up. Let's start with this one...

"The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals … It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of." Albert Gallatin of the New York Historical Society, October 7, 1789

142 posted on 03/13/2007 9:02:39 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse
Someone failed to tell Texas this:

Section XIII of the State of Texas Constitution:

Every person shall have the right to keep and bear arms, in the lawful defense of himself or the State, under such regulations as the Legislature may prescribe.

Thanks for attempting to sound like you know what you are talking about.

151 posted on 03/13/2007 10:34:04 AM PDT by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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