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To: ForYourChildren

“the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”

No test required.


4 posted on 02/23/2017 4:02:21 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; ForYourChildren
Since the right to bear arms is specifically predicated on both personal defense and militia service, those should instruct what infringement is permitted, if any. Militia service is for opposing either the US government or a foreign invader, both of which possess tanks and artillery and aircraft. Therefore, private citizens should possess the same by right. However, nuclear weapons would not qualify under this argument, since nuclear escalation would by definition not be winnable. That is the only constitutionally permissible infringement I can see.

Were a citizen so equipped to use such weapons wantonly, local police and sheriff departments would be hopelessly outmatched unless they, too, upgraded--as many are now doing. Another remedy would be for states' National Guard units to be stationed near enough for rapid deployment.

8 posted on 02/23/2017 4:15:21 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Nothing in the Bill of Rights is negotiable.


47 posted on 02/23/2017 5:59:56 PM PST by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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