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To: aruanan
Second Amendment: talks about the people's right to bear arms, it's referring to more than just "individuals".

Wow, that's a knee slapper. You might as well go lobby for the Bradys.

'The People' refers to every individual citizen in the country. The Constitution does not break anyone up into groups.

66 posted on 03/30/2009 7:12:12 PM PDT by GunRunner
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To: GunRunner
Second Amendment: talks about the people's right to bear arms, it's referring to more than just "individuals". Wow, that's a knee slapper. You might as well go lobby for the Bradys.

Don't read too clearly, do you? That may be part of the reason you can read "an establishment of religion" and think there's a verb in there. What part of "more than" do you not understand? I didn't say that it didn't refer to individuals (as probably the Bradys do). "more than" is not equivalent to "other than." If you recall, it was you who said that the Bill of Rights was referring to individuals. I pointed out that the BoR was referring to individuals and associations or groups of individuals and states. And then you come back with something so gratuitous as "you might as well go lobby for the Bradys." Red herrings don't win arguments; they only draw attention to the weakness of the argument of the one tossing them about.
68 posted on 03/30/2009 10:47:18 PM PDT by aruanan
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