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   Message 52,909 of 54,497   
   wy to All   
   Re: Time for Mississippi to elect a new    
   15 Apr 13 08:15:52   
   
   9025c87c   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.usa.constitution.gun-rights,   
   talk.politics.guns   
   From: wy_@myself.com   
      
   On 15 Apr, 03:08, "Scout"    
   wrote:   
   > "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > news:cca3bd24-148d-4cc5-939b-77407faa4310@t5g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...   
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   > > On 15 Apr, 00:24, "Scout"    
   > > wrote:   
   > >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >>news:393918e0-2d7c-4ec8-aff8-afd0eab3c1d1@cd3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...   
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   > >> > On 14 Apr, 22:48, "Scout"    
   > >> > wrote:   
   > >> >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >> >>news:709235cd-ed8e-4a20-adb0-abdc4220763d@a3g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...   
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   > >> >> > On 14 Apr, 21:01, "Scout"   
   > >> >> >    
   > >> >> > wrote:   
   > >> >> >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >> >> >>news:ad458066-16bb-4921-97e9-bd8ca06c42b4@f18g2000vbs.   
   ooglegroups.com...   
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   > >> >> >> > On 14 Apr, 01:58, "Scout"   
   > >> >> >> >    
   > >> >> >> > wrote:   
   > >> >> >> >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >> >> >> >>news:927674ce-ac3d-4fbe-899d-3718991c46b0@e13g2000v   
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   > >> >> >> >> > On 13 Apr, 20:40, Steve  wrote:   
   > >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:57:24 -0700 (PDT), wy   
   > >> >> >> >> >>    
   > >> >> >> >> >> wrote:   
   > >> >> >> >> >> >On 13 Apr, 18:50, "Scout"   
   > >> >> >> >> >> >   
   > >> >> >> >> >> >wrote:   
   > >> >> >> >> >> >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >> >> >> >> >> >>news:5d978267-11aa-41d3-ab47-8b86c12119b4@c7g   
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   > >> >> >> >> >> >> > 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   
   > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> citizenry   
   > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> >> There is no such stipulation in the Second Amendment.  There   
   > >> >> >> >> >> is   
   > >> >> >> >> >> nothing in the 2A that suggests that the RKBA is limited to   
   > >> >> >> >> >> the   
   > >> >> >> >> >> militia, MR i...@email.com   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> > "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of   
   > >> >> >> >> > a   
   > >> >> >> >> > free   
   > >> >> >> >> > State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall   
   > >> >> >> >> > not   
   > >> >> >> >> > be   
   > >> >> >> >> > infringed."   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> > Is one's backyard included in that?   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> Absolutely,.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> > Not mentioned in the Constitution.  Next.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> "...shall not be infringed."   
   >   
   > >> >> >> What part of that do you have trouble with?   
   >   
   > >> >> > "Militia"   
   >   
   > >> >> Sorry, but I don't see that word in that portion of the 2nd.   
   >   
   > >> > It's in the same 2nd.   
   >   
   > >> But not in the section I asked you what part you had trouble with.   
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