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To: Wildbill22

But it is more than simply defending hearth and home.

It is defending the nation, or the populace.

The 2nd Amendment gives us the rights to any military weapons.

Yes, any.

If you can afford a stealth bomber, you gave the right to it.

Tank, nuke, machine guns, missiles.

It’s not about hunting or only protecting an individual domicile.


8 posted on 02/06/2016 8:57:25 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan
It's not about hunting or only protecting an individual domicile.

The whole people were to be the Army; this is true. But the term "well regulated militia" means that this is not an unorganized rabble; it means they get "regular" practice, drill, and preparation. As to what that means in terms of B-1B bombers, I don't know but I suspect the Founders thought that to be an issue for the States to manage.

Interestingly, there was no provision in the Constitution for enforcing States to uphold their responsibilities to provide, train, and supply a fair contribution to the national defense. Moreover, I shudder to think of how 48 competing States might have organized sufficiently to fight WWII, compatible ammo and all. We surely do have a national standing army. So perhaps technical reality might warrant an amendment there.

17 posted on 02/06/2016 9:06:59 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: ifinnegan

Or be it a sword, a knife or bow. Arms and the 2nd apply to all weapons.


36 posted on 02/06/2016 9:25:13 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: ifinnegan

Actually, it means any weapon that an infantryman might carry; not a weapon of mass destruction.


73 posted on 02/06/2016 10:51:32 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: ifinnegan

It’s really about protecting us from a tyrannical government.


106 posted on 02/06/2016 12:34:51 PM PST by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: ifinnegan

Really?

I don’t think that you can “bear” any of those crew served weapons. Neither will the courts.

In “Miller” the USSC ruled that the 2nd protects weapons that have a military use.


158 posted on 02/08/2016 7:00:05 AM PST by Forty-Niner
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