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Originally posted by Kadath
It's not a question of interpretation. "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." That's the text.
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It is quite obviously a question of interpretation if you don't understand the difference between what a militia was at the time the Constitution was written, and now.
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Originally posted by Kadath
As for crime and corruption, that's why we have POLICE. No need to take the law into your own hands.
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Police do little to deter or interrupt crimes, they generally investigate and act after a crime has been committed. Also, the Police are part of the government and so (according to your own sig) shouldn't be trusted, right? Who is supposed to protect you from the Police?
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Originally posted by Kadath
I didn't realize the onus was on me to prove the masses are quite often wrong. If you actually want evidence I'm sure I could dredge it up, but you're kidding, right? How about segregation? Slavery? That the Earth was flat, or revolved around the Sun? On and on and on. I consider this subject closed.
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Dredge away, and while you're at it find the last digit of pi, as you will have just as much luck at that as you will attempting to prove your point.
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Originally posted by Kadath
Yeah, Canada, England, they're really oppressed nations.
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Comparatively speaking, yes. If Quebec decides to forcibly remove itself from the rest of Canada, they will be much less prepared to fight for their freedom if necessary. The absense, at this particular moment, of an oppressive force in those countries does not make forced disarmament a "good thing" by any stretch of the imagination. Ask the Jews, South Africans, Tibetans, or Croats.
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Originally posted by Kadath
Your first point is no point at all. I didn't mean "oppress" to be translated as "take our precious, precious guns away" but rather take away our more important rights. And your logic that the ban was what led to a Republican Congress is faulty at best.
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Perhaps you should read the article that was posted before you whip out the random-insult-generator. You may think that the right to picket Macy's for selling fur is "more important" than the right to protect yourself and your family, but, again, you are in the minority. Being forcibly disarmed is an unnecessary and hostile action towards a law-abiding populace under circumstance.