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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
It says that the Federal Government can't infringe on the ability of the States to keep and maintain a militia, in my opinion. But that's an argument you and I have talked over for years, DK. It specifically mentions "The People", but that's not a term that used elsewhere in the Constitution and one that's never really been defined.
And that you need to actually ask questions and not post links in your original posts so that we know what the hell you want to talk about.  |
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Originally Posted by Jinn
In believing it is not an individual right, you not only disagree with dk, but with the highest court in the United States, who asserted that it was, indeed, an individual right.
Until that decision is reversed or superseded, it is precedent at worst and law at best that "the right to bear arms" is an individual right, independent of any sort of membership in a militia.
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The operative caveat is highlighted there for you, big guy. And before any one of you get any further up on your high horse, remind me the exact date that I personally showed up on your doorstep to take away your guns. Or, alternatively, any one single post that I've ever made here denying your right to own guns. I gave my interpretation of the 2nd Amendment - absolutely nothing more. I'm fully aware of what the real-world interpretation is, and if you don't like my opinion that's admittedly not based in reality, too fucking bad.