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   "First. Post"  wrote in   
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   > Pro-gunners disagree on the limits of this bill:   
      
   When you start off this stupidly it is difficult to take you seriously.   
   It's an Amendment, not a bill. Perhaps your problem is gross ignorance.   
      
   But still:   
      
   The 2A refers to the militia and the individual citizen. It provides a   
   context as to what is expected of the armed citizen, it establishes the   
   sphere of responsibility for the militia and by incorporation the   
   individual as opposed to a national armed force.   
      
   Ok, so what is the militia's role. Clearly it is not as an expeditionary   
   force.   
      
   Article 2 Section 8 says: "calling forth the militia to   
   1) execute the laws of the union,   
   2) suppress insurrections and   
   3) repel invasions.;   
      
   The Attorney General of the United States ruled in 1912 that the militia   
   could not be compelled to serve outside the United States except in the   
   most narrow of cases (hot pursuit of, or a "spoiling attack" upon,   
   invaders). "These three occasions, representing necessities of a strictly   
   domestic character, plainly indicate that the services of the militia can   
   be rendered only on the soil of the United States and it's territories".   
   Feb 17, 1912. Source 55 Congressional Record 3851 52.   
      
   Now, envision a military force, either regulars or volunteers, which would   
   be constituted to perform such tasks. Can you imagine such a force needing   
   nukes for these tasks? Absolutely not. I can imagine no scenario where one   
   would use nuclear weapons on home soil. Therefore no, nukes are not militia   
   weapons and are not protected under the 2A.   
      
   OTOH the variety of weapons that could be used in the militia mission and   
   therefore covered by the 2A and prohibited from regulation would give any   
   liberal permanent diarrhea.   
      
   Helicopter gunships, tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, automatic weapons,   
   RPGs, etc all meet the criteria of the militia mission.   
      
   Have a nice day.   
      
      
      
   --   
   I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to   
   be sure.   
      
   What I like about this attitude is it works equally well for Iran and the   
   Democrat National Covention.   
      
   http://nukeitfromorbit.com/   
      
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