To: Pern
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Seems to me if this only applied to a militia that is where the wording would stop, as in "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the militia to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." But, being a thinking man, I would say the addition of "the right of the people" pertains to every citizen.
34 posted on
05/09/2002 7:35:21 AM PDT by
ladtx
To: ladtx
Militia = "the people"
As I defend my family from a terrorist, it is my duty as a member of that Militia to use any available Lethal Force.
I will NOT call 9-11 to beg the police to protect my family when they are in danger. However, I will notify the police where they may gather up the body parts, if finally show up.
38 posted on
05/09/2002 7:43:51 AM PDT by
Hunble
To: ladtx
"the right of the people" pertains to every citizen.
If you look at how militia is defined in the original version U.S. Constitution as well as in the Kansas Constitution, it is to be made up of EVERY able bodied man between the age of twenty-one to forty years of age. The Kansas Constitution actually makes a provision that the State will supply each man with a "military style" rifle to carry out said duties.
49 posted on
05/09/2002 7:54:36 AM PDT by
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