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   Message 52,922 of 54,497   
   wy to All   
   Re: Time for Mississippi to elect a new    
   15 Apr 13 17:18:47   
   
   02a45388   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.usa.constitution.gun-rights,   
   talk.politics.guns   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: wy_@myself.com   
      
   On 15 Apr, 19:10, RD Sandman    
   wrote:   
   > wy  wrote innews:46af94c2-1a13-4abe-89a3-4a21   
   15f8a33@a3g2000vbr.googlegroups.com:   
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   > > On 15 Apr, 12:13, RD Sandman    
   > > wrote:   
   > >> wy  wrote   
   > >> innews:c196c493-c4ac-429d-8432-6353b7e44439@16   
   > > g2000vbx.googlegroups.com:   
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   > >> > On 14 Apr, 21:05, "Scout"   
   > >> >  wrote:   
   > >> >> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
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   > >> >>news:XnsA1A285CFB20Ehopewell@216.196.121.131...   
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   > >> >> > wy  wrote in   
   > >> >> >news:b168afae-18a8-4ea9-9b74-e492c526af28@w1g2000vbw.googlegroups.   
   > >> >> >com   
   > >> >> >:   
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   > >> >> >> On 14 Apr, 12:33, RD Sandman   
   > >> >> >>  wrote:   
   > >> >> >>> wy  wrote   
   > >> >> >>> innews:ad458066-16bb-4921-97e9-bd8ca06c42b4@f1   
   > >> >> >> 8g2000vbs.googlegroups.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@e13g2000vbn.googleg   
   > >> >> >>> >>rou ps.   
   > >> > c   
   > >> >> >>> >>om   
   > >> >> >>> >> ...   
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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@c7g2000vbe.go   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >>ogl egr   
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   > >> >> >>> >> >> >>ups .co   
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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   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >  >> >> >>> > t>   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> > wrote:   
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   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> In other words, you don't need a hi cap   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> magazine for anythin   
   > >> >> >>> > g.   
   >   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> 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?   
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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 citizenry   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> is to protect the country from invaders, and if   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> necessary, from   
   > >> >> >>> > the   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> government itself. That being the purpose, does it   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> not make sens   
   > >> >> >>> > e   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> that   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> we arm ourselves with the expectation of facing   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> soldiers who wil   
   > >> >> >>> > l   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> be   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> armed with automatic weapons and other nasty   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> little surprises? I   
   > >> >> >>> > N   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> 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 ye   
   > >> >> >>> > t in   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> > the ordinary sense. The second amendment gave the   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> > right to bea   
   > >> >> >>> > r   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> > 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 th   
   > >> >> >>> > e   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> > second amendment is all about. It wasn't about   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> > giving every Jo   
   > >> >> >>> > e   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> > Blow   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> > his gun just for the hell of it.   
   >   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> No, actually protecting the right of every Joe Blow   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> to have his gun   
   > >> >> >>> > s   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> is   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> exactly the purpose of the 2nd.   
   >   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> So that when the militia was needed Joe Blow could   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> show up armed an   
   > >> >> >>> > d   
   > >> >> >>> >> >> >> 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.   
   >   
   > >> >> >>> Neither is your free speech in a newsgroup on the internet. �   
   > > �Does   
   > >> >> >>> that mean you don't have it?   
   >   
   > >> >> >> If you actually read, and are able to properly digest, the   
   > >> >> >> First amendment, it's not so much about giving everyone the   
   > >> >> >> right of free speech as it is about Congress making no law   
   > >> >> >> abridging the freedom of speech.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> "Congress shall make no law" ... �respecting an establishme   
   > > nt of   
   > >> >> >> religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or ...   
   > >> >> >> "abridging the freedom of speech," or of the press; or the   
      
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