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To: marktwain

Better interpretation of the 2nd Amendment:

A standing military being needed for a viable nation, this country will have one; notwithstanding, the people retain the right to own and responsibly use the same weapons as that military.


68 posted on 12/05/2013 7:09:56 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: ctdonath2
A standing military being needed for a viable nation,

Dear God, NO! The Founders were extremely suspicious of standing armies and the potential for tyranny they represent. That is why the concept of the citizens' militia (the whole of the armed people) was written into the Bill of Rights.

Standing armies, whether federal, state, or local police, have gotten us to where we are now.

79 posted on 12/06/2013 6:13:59 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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