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To: robertpaulsen
"when that person is acting as a member of the state Militia". Not on their own.

Then they're acting as an agent of the state - carrying out delegated powers on behalf of the state, and have no rights. They are selected by the government, they do and wield what their commanding officers tell them to, and act purely in the interest of the state. They keep and bear arms on behalf of the state, not on behalf of themselves. They exercise a delegated power; they do not, as such, have rights - even the 2nd Amendment.

381 posted on 11/09/2007 1:46:04 PM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: ctdonath2
Two points:

1. Militia had a "civilian" connotation going back to Roman times. Click here

2. Freedmen Slaves were included in the militia during the Revolutionary War. These were also expected to show up bearing arms appropriate for service, although few were financially able to do so. Click here

The OP is clueless, brainless, and nothing more than a yet to be Zotted troll...

386 posted on 11/09/2007 1:59:05 PM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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