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  Re: Trying to understand
 
(...) Gosh. Imagine the logistics of who goes with whom (and to do what). The possibilities for disaster boggle the mind... Kevin (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Trying to understand
 
(...) Today. Seat belts were once required equipment on cars but not required to be worn by passengers. Flawed analogy but the principle holds. It is not a large leap from "all A will be supplied with X under penalty of law" to "all citizens with A (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Trying to understand
 
(...) My gun is kept locked in a box with a combination lock I can silently work by feel. It's not loaded, but the bullets are in a speed loader in the box. Trigger locks increase the time it takes (me, anyway) to get my gun ready to use, when I am (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Trying to understand
 
(...) In what sense? I could name off a number of things but shan't. (...) Ouch. I've listened to that, it's mind rotting even in small doses. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Trying to understand
 
This point has been debated here before. It turns on the intent of the authors. I can't cite the particular Paper, but the Federalist papers speak to this point. It also turns on the meaning of "well regulated" (and of Militia) which many hold not (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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