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   From: wy_@myself.com   
      
   On 14 Apr, 12:29, RD Sandman    
   wrote:   
   > wy  wrote innews:8ac7ca0d-4fb3-476f-85bd-415a   
   ec5a910@r7g2000vbw.googlegroups.com:   
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   > > On 13 Apr, 18:50, "Scout"    
   > > wrote:   
   > >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >>news:5d978267-11aa-41d3-ab47-8b86c12119b4@c7g2000vbe.googlegroups.com.   
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   > >> > On 13 Apr, 18:17, David Hartung  wrote:   
   > >> >> On 04/13/2013 04:36 PM, wy wrote:   
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   > >> >> > On 13 Apr, 17:05, RD Sandman    
   > >> >> > wrote:   
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   > >> >> >>> In other words, you don't need a hi cap magazine for anything.   
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   > >> >> >> So? What does need have to do with it? Do you need a V-8 or a   
   > >  V-6 in   
   > >> >> >> your car. Do you even need a 4?   
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   > >> >> > When it comes to killing, need has everything to do with it?   
   > >> >> > How   
   > > many   
   > >> >> > times and how quickly do you *need* to kill?   
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   > >> >> Look at the wording of the Second Amendment, and then go back a   
   > >> >> learn what the founders had to say about it. The purpose of an   
   > >> >> armed citizen   
   > > ry   
   > >> >> is to protect the country from invaders, and if necessary, from   
   > >> >> the government itself. That being the purpose, does it not make   
   > >> >> sense that we arm ourselves with the expectation of facing   
   > >> >> soldiers who will be armed with automatic weapons and other nasty   
   > >> >> little surprises? IN such   
   > >  a   
   > >> >> scenario, limiting the size of clips, could mean more dead   
   > >> >> citizens.   
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   > >> > America had a tiny army in the late 1700s, too tiny to cover the   
   > >> > territory of the time. It wasn't even a full-fledged nation yet in   
   > >> > the ordinary sense. The second amendment gave the right to bear   
   > >> > arms for a militia to do the job of what the army couldn't do at   
   > >> > the time. The militias were a deputized form of the army. That's   
   > >> > what the second amendment is all about. It wasn't about giving   
   > >> > every Joe Blow his gun just for the hell of it.   
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   > >> No, actually protecting the right of every Joe Blow to have his guns   
   > >> is exactly the purpose of the 2nd.   
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   > >> So that when the militia was needed Joe Blow could show up armed and   
   > >> able   
   > >  to   
   > >> perform his function in the militia.   
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   > > Right.  Within the function of a militia, not outside of it.  The   
   > > second amendment stipulates "militia," not one's backyard.   
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   > It states, "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms....".  It   
   > does not say the right of the people while they are in the militia or the   
   > right of the militia or the right of the people while running to join the   
   > militia.   
      
   It also states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the   
   security of a free State," which you keep conveniently ignoring as   
   being the first part of the same sentence that completes a single   
   thought.   
      
      
      
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   > Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be President,   
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   > And anyone who doesn't grow up can be Vice President.   
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   > Sleep well, tonight.....   
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   > RD (The Sandman)   
      
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