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From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net
"wy" wrote in message
news:54dba060-e93a-4cce-ac9d-9364ccc4ab56@y2g2000vbe.googlegroups.com...
> On 14 Apr, 21:57, "Scout"
> wrote:
>> "wy" wrote in message
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>> news:88e5a6ad-e1ec-4365-8659-0c5d295ed177@gb2g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
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>> > On 14 Apr, 12:29, RD Sandman
>> > wrote:
>> >> wy wrote
>> >> innews:8ac7ca0d-4fb3-476f-85bd-415afec5a910@r7g2000vbw.googlegroups.com:
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>> >> > On 13 Apr, 18:50, "Scout"
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>> >> > 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
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>> >> >> >> > 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.
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>> > 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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>> No, actually that is NOT a single thought. It is an INCOMPLETE thought.
>> That's why it's the SUBORDINATE clause.
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>> " It's kindergarten English which apparently you haven't mastered yet."
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> What does a subordinate clause begin with?
Depends on the type of subordinate clause it is.
Why?
> Let's see if you can
> figure that one out to see if you know what you're talking about but
> are actually bluffing at.
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