To: jimkress
Yeah! What you said!
To: Travis McGee
"There is no evidence in the text of the Second Amendment, or any other part of the Constitution, that the words "the people" have a different connotation within the Second Amendment than when employed elsewhere in the Constitution. In fact, the text of the Constitution, as a whole, strongly suggests that the words "the people" have precisely the same meaning within the Second Amendment as without. And, as used throughout the Constitution, "the people" have "rights" and "powers," but federal and state governments only have "powers" or "authority", never "rights."(24) Moreover, the Constitution's text likewise recognizes not only the difference between the "militia" and "the people" but also between the "militia" which has not been "call[ed] forth" and "the militia, when in actual service."(25)
9 posted on
10/16/2001 1:19:23 PM PDT by
45Auto
To: Travis McGee; Abundy; Squantos; Clarity; *bang_list
As I interpret this it is a very mixed decision. The Federal Government does have a right to limit the Right to Keep and Bear arms in certain narrowly limited cases but the right is an individual right. I am unsure if I should cheer or cry. I guess and this is a guess on my part the only party who may appeal this decision is Emerson. I seek a legal interpretation.
Stay well - Stay safe - Stay Armed - Yorktown
33 posted on
10/16/2001 2:02:35 PM PDT by
harpseal
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