[robertpaulsen]

Last time: If the Founders meant eveyone, the used the phrase "all persons".

"The people", the whole people" "the people at large", "freemen" and "freeholders" all referred to something else.

You can't make up your own definitions to suit your argument. Well, not with me you can't.

[Gondring]

Last time: If the Founders meant eveyone, the used the phrase "all persons".

"The people", the whole people" "the people at large", "freemen" and "freeholders" all referred to something else.

Evidence for this claim?

[William Tell]

robertpaulsen said: Last time: If the Founders meant eveyone, the used the phrase "all persons".

Amendment 4:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, ..."

Obviously, this means that only males between the ages of 17 and 45 are protected.