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To: KittenClaws; Little Ray

” ...you might notice it is “the right to bear arms” - not “own guns”

KC - I’m no lawyer but I take “keep” to mean “own”.

“A well regulated militia...”

LR - You have a point. What other arms would a citizen militia need but those that are suitable for combat?


50 posted on 07/25/2012 10:56:14 AM PDT by beelzepug ("Blind obedience to arbitrary rules is a sign of mental illness")
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To: beelzepug

KC - I’m no lawyer but I take “keep” to mean “own”.
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Of course you are correct. Judith Miller though, has it wrong. ;>)

“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”


53 posted on 07/25/2012 11:33:35 AM PDT by KittenClaws
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