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To: robertpaulsen

regulated != organized


238 posted on 11/09/2007 11:02:09 AM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: ctdonath2
regulated != organized

Getting caught up in that argument is just following a red herring. The right to keep and bear arms is there to insure that a militia will always be available, so it applies to the potential force that might comprise a militia. Getting you to argue over details of "militia" just makes it appear that there is some tacit agreement that you really don't have a right to keep and bear arms unless you're actively involved in participating in a militia.

255 posted on 11/09/2007 11:15:05 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: ctdonath2
"regulated != organized"

The Crips and The Bloods are organized. The Black Panthers are organized. The Nation of Islam is organized.

269 posted on 11/09/2007 11:27:03 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: ctdonath2

Okay, I’ll play.

I say “Regulated” means equipped and functioning properly.

At the time when the constitution was drafted, this indicated the proper sequence of loading, charging, and firing a black powder firearm. The sequencing was critical so that one did not accidentally blow up his neighbor.

RamS


398 posted on 11/09/2007 2:15:00 PM PST by RamingtonStall (More Guns ==> Less Crime! Get your CHL today! http://www.ohioccw.org/)
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