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To: robertpaulsen

“Your individual gun rights outside of a Militia are secured by your state constitution. Two different issues.”

Do you have even the slightest idea what they meant be militia? Militia was every able-bodied man. Nowadays, it would be every able-bodied man and woman. But, the Second Amendment does not limit or restrict the right to keep and bear arms to just those persons. The Second Amendment protects the right of The People to keep and bear arms, just like all the other amendments that cite The People protect the rights of The People under those amendments.


116 posted on 03/17/2008 7:33:16 AM PDT by ought-six
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To: ought-six
"Militia was every able-bodied man. Nowadays, it would be every able-bodied man and woman."

That is correct. But why are you even mentioning that?

The second amendment refers to a "well regulated Militia". That was NOT every able-bodied man (or woman). It was not even every citizen.

"But, the Second Amendment does not limit or restrict the right to keep and bear arms to just those persons."

It doesn't? Has the U.S. Supreme Court already ruled? Did I miss that?

"The Second Amendment protects the right of The People to keep and bear arms"

Correct. Not every person.

118 posted on 03/17/2008 9:26:21 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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