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   From: rogblake@iname.invalid   
      
   On 2013-04-21, Trevor Wilson  wrote:   
   > "...well regulated militia..." do you not understand?   
      
   "Well regulated" at the time the Constitution was written meant "well   
   practiced" or "well trained." Perhaps in Australia it is different,   
   but here in the U.S. one of the most fundamental axioms of law is that   
   the intent of the lawmaker is the force and effect of the law. You do   
   not get to change that effect simply because the popular use of a word   
   or phrase changes over time.   
      
   > Time for a change.   
      
   Hard to argue with that. Experts and world leaders throughout history   
   agree with you. Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler,   
   Pol Pot, Mao Tse-Tung, Kim Jung-Il, Musmammar Qaddafi, and others have   
   found central regulation and strict control over firearm ownership to   
   be quite effective in implementing their respective societies.   
      
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      protection... the next world climate summit in Cancun is actually   
      an economy summit during which the distribution of the world's   
      resources will be negotiated." -- Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC   
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