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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Leif"  wrote in message   
   news:1190091824.653798.286850@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Sep 17, 2:42 pm, "RSweeney"  wrote:   
   >> "Leif"  wrote in message   
   >> > Leif speaking:  That's an interesting paragraph.  Boiled down, what it   
   >> > really says is that the states can't stop the federal government from   
   >> > calling upon citizens to contribute to the national defense.   
   >>   
   >> Boiled down it means the states can not stop the citizens from owning and   
   >> bearing arms since it would in essense turn off the citizen militia. No   
   >> need   
   >> to boil off the central right discussed - that of the citizens to own and   
   >> carry guns.   
   >   
   > Leif speaking:  Well, whatever, you want to think it means, the   
   > paragraph obviously has nothing to do with the Second Amendment, which   
   > the Supreme Court in Presser said does not apply against the states.   
      
   and the 14th says it does.   
      
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