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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Who gets free speech? [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)14. I didn't say the first amendment.
Did you mean the second?
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.
A well-read electorate, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed.
They read precisely the same. You understand the context of 'regulated' don't you? In that time the common usage reflected 'equipped' or 'working'. There were requirements in state laws about the amount of ammo, powder, and a working weapon a household must have on hand.
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Are you trying to end discussion of da militia clause in one swift blow? Tsk-tsk.nt
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#1
Does it reasonably follow from the structure of 2A that the only purpose of RKBA
petronius
Oct 2012
#3
And yet that has never been the way the Second Amendment has been interpreted (by the Supreme Court)
TPaine7
Oct 2012
#6
The prefatory clause is quite similar to the current use of whereas, as you say.
TPaine7
Oct 2012
#33
Actually it is quite comparable. In fact, a very close analogue exists from that timeframe.
TPaine7
Oct 2012
#22