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03-28-2007, 02:37 AM
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Re: 2nd Amendment ---- and other superfluous provisions
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But if there's no well-regulated militia--its duties today being done by the police, the military, the national guard, etc.--what need for the weapon? [/ QUOTE ] What is the definition of a militia as seen by the drafters? Who are the powerful one's who get to decide that there should or should not be a militia, or is that even legal? Also, who decides which citizens go into the militia? 
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03-28-2007, 03:40 PM
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Re: 2nd Amendment ---- and other superfluous provisions
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[ QUOTE ] But if there's no well-regulated militia--its duties today being done by the police, the military, the national guard, etc.--what need for the weapon? [/ QUOTE ] What is the definition of a militia as seen by the drafters? Who are the powerful one's who get to decide that there should or should not be a militia, or is that even legal? Also, who decides which citizens go into the militia? [/ QUOTE ] Militia: In U.S. history, "the whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service, without enlistment, whether armed and drilled or not" (1777). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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03-30-2007, 12:22 AM
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Re: 2nd Amendment ---- and other superfluous provisions
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] But if there's no well-regulated militia--its duties today being done by the police, the military, the national guard, etc.--what need for the weapon? [/ QUOTE ] What is the definition of a militia as seen by the drafters? Who are the powerful one's who get to decide that there should or should not be a militia, or is that even legal? Also, who decides which citizens go into the militia? [/ QUOTE ] Militia: In U.S. history, "the whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service, without enlistment, whether armed and drilled or not" (1777). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper [/ QUOTE ] So in that case, every American Citizen is the militia and you cannot take away their gun rights without getting rid of the American Citizen in the process.
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03-31-2007, 10:46 PM
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Re: 2nd Amendment ---- and other superfluous provisions
Their gun rights only insofar as those rights were concerned with militia participation. State governments have always had statutes limiting possession and usage of personal weaponry.
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