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From: sid9@
"Wayne" wrote in message
news:almarsoft.7843813904199304219@news.eternal-september.org...
> On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:02:31 -0700 (PDT), wy wrote:
>> On 14 Apr, 12:29, RD Sandman
>> wrote:
>> > wy wrote
> innews:8ac7ca0d-4fb3-476f-85bd-415afec5a910@r7=
>> g2000vbw.googlegroups.com:
>> >
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>> > > On 13 Apr, 18:50, "Scout"
>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >> "wy" wrote in message
>> >
>> > news:5d978267-11aa-41d3-ab47-8b86c12119b4@c7g2000vbe.googlegroups.com
> .
>> > >> ..
>> >
>> > >> > On 13 Apr, 18:17, David Hartung wrote:
>> > >> >> On 04/13/2013 04:36 PM, wy wrote:
>> >
>> > >> >> > On 13 Apr, 17:05, RD Sandman
>
>> > >> >> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >> >> >>> In other words, you don't need a hi cap magazine for
> anything.
>> >
>> > >> >> >> 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?
>> >
>> > >> >> > When it comes to killing, need has everything to do with
> it?
>> > >> >> > How
>> > > many
>> > >> >> > times and how quickly do you *need* to kill?
>> >
>> > >> >> 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.
>> >
>> > >> > 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.
>> >
>> > >> No, actually protecting the right of every Joe Blow to have
> his guns
>> > >> is exactly the purpose of the 2nd.
>> >
>> > >> So that when the militia was needed Joe Blow could show up
> armed and
>> > >> able
>> > > to
>> > >> perform his function in the militia.
>> >
>> > > Right. Within the function of a militia, not outside of it.
> The
>> > > second amendment stipulates "militia," not one's backyard.
>> >
>> > 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.
>
> "A well regulated school system, being necessary for education, the right
> of the people to read shall not be infringed"
>
> Your logic, if schools are eliminated, or if you don't go to school, you
> lose your right to read???
>
> Sheeesh... the USSC has already ruled on that militia issue.
> Spoiler alert: your side lost.
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It ain't over.
A new case can be brought to a new USSC.
Young Justices sometimes change change.
They mature.
They become smarter.
It's never over.
Not enough Americans are dead yet for it to change.
20 children and six teachers are not enough for Americans to rise up and end
this slaughter of innocents.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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