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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I don't know what college or university that james madison got his degree from, but i'm pretty sure it was 'regulated'. I'm still dumbfounded to see you sit here and try to claim that the founders were somehow less literate than we are today.
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Again, grammar wasn't as standardized 300 years ago as it is now. That's the simple truth. It's not a slight against the founding fathers.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
the 'state militias' were the citizens of that state will. there was no national guard back then. When the militia was called, farmers and townsfolk grabbed their muskets, not enlisted soldiers of the virginias 83rd infantry reserve.
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No, the militia 300 years ago consisted of anyone who wanted, but it didn't include all citizens. There were plenty of colonials that sided with the British, refused to fight, or even fled.
Really, though, the Second Amendment is about state militias. Read up on the works done by anti-Federalists. It's all there. Garry Wills is an idiot.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
your right to life is absolute,
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Do you believe in the death penalty?
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up until you break a law that violates anothers right.
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Nevermind.