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To: LTCJ
you seem to take the position that the 2nd limited the Federal government only, not the states, yes?

I recognized historical facts.

204 posted on 07/14/2009 11:17:03 AM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: Mojave
I recognized historical facts.

Very good, we've established your position, for whatever reason. How about addressing the meat of my inquiry?

[Given that the states where not constrained,] would not [the states' power to suppress the formation of the militia] render the text internally contradictory [and therefore stillborn]?

“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.”

From where would spring the necessary militia if every state was free to ban its very inception?

If the restraint on infringement where not universal, the enumeration of the 2nd would have been a waste of ink. shall not be infringed

223 posted on 07/14/2009 12:54:42 PM PDT by LTCJ (God Save the Constitution - Tar & Feathers, The New Look for Summer '09)
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