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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Secondly, the 2nd Amendment does not say that the right of the militia can keep and bear arms, it says 'the people'. it merely states that a militia is necessary. In those famous words of old, 'I ask you, who is the militia? It is every able bodied citizen save a few public officials'.
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"Well. . . Regulated. . . Militia."
Since when are all the people well-regulated?
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If you can backpack that nuclear missile, go for it. I don't see it happening, but there it is. In truth, using logic and common sense, one should be able to realize that 'arms' as it states in the 2nd, is talking about any arm that a individual soldier would carry in to war.
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Oh no. You're not gonna get away with inserting crap that isn't there. It doesn't say anything about it having to be small enough to carry while walking around. If you can blow right through the well-regulated-militia clause, claiming that as far as the intent of the framers is concerned, said clause is irrelevant, you certainly can't start adding clauses that they never wrote in.