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shakran · 10-31-2003, 05:41 AM

The_Dunedan:

"B: Everyone Else ( The Unorganized Militia )."

"A WELL REGULATED militia"

See the trouble here?

An unorganized militia is not a well regulated one. Therefore, by your argument, the 2nd applies only to option A, the national guard.

The simple truth is that, no matter how much it may piss the NRA off, the 2nd IS vague. It's not clearly worded. It's open for a LOT of interpretation, and that interpretation could frankly go either way, although the stronger argument is that the 2nd was intended to arm a militia and not the entire populace.

You also have to remember that the constitiution and the bill of rights, is mainly a document that refers to how the FEDERAL government must act. In other words, the 2nd is basically saying that the federal government can't march in and tell state militias to give up their guns, which would make the federal military overly powerful.

10-31-2003, 05:41 AM	#11 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	The_Dunedan: "B: Everyone Else ( The Unorganized Militia )." "A WELL REGULATED militia" See the trouble here? An unorganized militia is not a well regulated one. Therefore, by your argument, the 2nd applies only to option A, the national guard. The simple truth is that, no matter how much it may piss the NRA off, the 2nd IS vague. It's not clearly worded. It's open for a LOT of interpretation, and that interpretation could frankly go either way, although the stronger argument is that the 2nd was intended to arm a militia and not the entire populace. You also have to remember that the constitiution and the bill of rights, is mainly a document that refers to how the FEDERAL government must act. In other words, the 2nd is basically saying that the federal government can't march in and tell state militias to give up their guns, which would make the federal military overly powerful.