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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
"If you don't have an armed citizenry, you don't have a militia. Period."

The Founders didn't want an armed citizenry. They wanted a select Militia. They ended up with a well regulated Militia.

296 posted on 11/29/2007 5:52:51 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen

The founders wanted an armed citizenry. Your failure to understand that explains your inconsistency in interpretation. Ask ultra-liberal lawyer Lawrence Tribe what the second amendment means. He will reluctantly tell you; an armed citizenry.


297 posted on 11/29/2007 6:12:15 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: robertpaulsen
The Founders didn't want an armed citizenry. They wanted a select Militia.

All wanted an armed citizenry, even Hamilton, the foremost proponent of a Select Militia. But some, like Gerry, most definitely did not want a select militia at all. It was to pacify them, the anti-federalists, that the guarantees of the Bill of Rights was formulated and passed. They also wanted a "well regulated" militia, one well suited to its tasks.

305 posted on 11/29/2007 10:19:20 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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