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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:55 AM Original message |
What does the "well regulated" portion of the 2nd amendment mean? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. It means the USSC has never overturned any |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. But God loves guns |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Seems to me they skip the definition of "the people" |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Some states assert on individual right but the Constitution seems a bit more murky |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I guess the following rights are "collective" as well... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. agreed. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. My reading is that training and registration should be cumpulsory. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They wanted the miltia to be up the job of replacing a standing army |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. "well regulated" means a korean on a student visa...aparently |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Federalist Paper #29 talks about a well-regulated militia. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. You won't see a gun enthusiast ever quote the "well regulated milita" part of the 2nd Amendment. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. Self delete |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Historically, |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh that's nothing. Move along citizen. And be sure to take your mandatory firearm |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. nothing |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Where does it say that all our rights have to be enumerated in the Constitution? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. 2nd amendment, huh! As Bush would say, it's just a piece of paper. nt |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. The history on it is pretty clear |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. It refers to the current day National Guards that each state has. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. From US v. Miller |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. Did the Founding Fathers |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. No - they didn't grant anything, just recognized and protected the pre-existing right. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. What are you smoking? n/t |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Not a thing, thanks, just answering your question. nt |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. "to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions," |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. ... would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. In CT it means |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Ordinary citizen B.S. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Unfortunately, the difference between ordinary citizens and many of |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. They Jack You Around Here In West Virginia Too |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. The declatory clause about the requirement of the State Militias should NOT be left off |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. Regulated means "drilled" or "practiced" in the language of the time. |
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