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To: Lazamataz
Letters of marque are in the body of he Constitution. The second amemdment is a modifier of the original document, not a document in itself that can be separated at will for any side's convenience.

Private ownership of arms and 'terrible implements of war' came first. Private individuals designed, owned, possessed, and deployed these weapons. The founders relied on the individual citizens and groups of citizens to provide instruments of war and provided a means to commission their use. No restrictions mentioned.

The second amendment guarantees the right of the individual to keep and bear arms with no infringements.

The second amendment does not exist in isolation and cannot honestly be treated that way. It guarantees that the individual may keep and bear arms in the context of, but not restricted to contributing to the common defense.

Nothing in the second amenmendment (a modifier to the original document) restricts what arms a person may have. In fact, it specifically states that the RKBA may not be infringed.

We can disagree philosophically, but when you or anyone else begin to place legal restrictions on rights recognized and guaranteed by the Constitution, the we will go round and round.

Your 'common sense' says no unconvnetional weapons. The Kalifornia legislature's commons sense says no 'assault rifles', no small inexpensive concealable handguns, no sniper rifles, no high capacity magazines, etc. HCI's common sense says no handguns for citizens.

Either "shall not be infringed" means what it says or it doesn't. I say it does, you say it doesn't.

124 posted on 04/19/2002 8:26:47 AM PDT by Eagle Eye
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To: Eagle Eye
Then you and I shall agree to disagree. I view the Second Amendment as an issue apart from the Letters of Marque and you do not.
125 posted on 04/19/2002 8:29:35 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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