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What Is A Militia?
Amendment II - Right to bear arms. Ratified 12/15/1791.
http://www.awrm.org/mission.htm, http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am2 ^
| 3-23-06
Posted on 03/23/2006 9:26:54 AM PST by Jo Nuvark
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The Framers understood the term "well regulated militia" to apply to all able bodied men and they understood the importance of keeping the citizens armed. The Revolutionary war began when King George ordered his troops to Lexington and Concord to seize the armories there.I would like to point out the federal Militia Act of 1792, required that every "free able bodied white male citizen" to provide himself with a good "musket or firelock."
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07/03/2006 4:48:37 PM PDT
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garbageseeker
(It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”Samuel Clemmens)
To: warner.boru
It had been my opinion for some time that, "A free state" does not refer to a geographical entity but to a "state of
freedom", then the rest becomes clear.
The truely great thing about our nation is that the founders
wrote for the individual to read and understand, and not
for a bevy of lawyers to interpret.
Happy Fourth everyone!
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07/03/2006 4:58:06 PM PDT
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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