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To: neverhillorat
Fun to play word games but the Founders never meant that every citizen have a fire arm.

Utter BS.

No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." Thomas Jefferson, Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1 T. Jefferson Papers, 334 (Julian P. Boyd, Ed., 1950).

"The right of the people to keep and bear arms has been recognized by the General Government; but the best security of that right after all is, the military spirit, that taste for martial exercises, which has always distinguished the free citizens of these States … Such men form the best barrier to the liberties of America." Gazette of the United States, October 14, 1789

"And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms;…" Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, August 20, 1789 Samuel Adams

Who are the militia? are they not ourselves. Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American...The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people. Tenche Coxe 1788

The prohibition is general. No clause in the constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretence by a state legislature. But if in any blind pursuit of inordinate power, either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both. William Rawle 1829.

IOW- You are a complete idiot.

105 posted on 04/26/2007 10:05:38 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse
The 2nd Amendment says nothing about “free men” yet we have always put qualifiers on that, for example, criminals, convicts. I`m pro gun, pro right to carry, and believe that gun free zones are “crime is OK” zones. But, society and the courts have long ruled that there are certain people that shouldn`t have fire arms. Fighting that is a waste of time and only brings us closer to losing our guns.
Remember, the 2nd amendment can be changed by Congress and the States. There are a whole bunch of people that would love to removing the right to bear arms and their votes count just as much as ours. That`s why the NRA was wise in agreeing to SENSIBLE back round checks.
106 posted on 04/26/2007 11:53:35 AM PDT by neverhillorat (HILLORAT WINS, WE ALL LOSE)
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