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   On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:35:09 +0000 (UTC), Roger Blake   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   Correct, but the larger point here is that only one who is completely   
   ignorant of both logic and the English language can believe that a   
   subordinate clause in any way modifies the independent clause.   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   If the moron Aussie believes that it's time to change the US   
   Constitution, the instructions are self-contained.  (Hint: he has no   
   clue and clearly impotent in the matter)   
      
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