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Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 03:06:24 GMT
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> I don't care if you own a gun--it comes with a free society.  But don't
> think it comes from the 2nd.  Here's the point: The 2nd says "In order to
> maintian a well regulated militia, people have the right to bear arms."
> (whatever, is close)

No, not close, in fact completely wrong.  The 2nd says "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."

[snip]
> You cannot have it both ways--you cannot uphold the ideals of democracy and
> say at the same time, 'if they don't listen to me I will shoot them' for
> that's *not* democracy, that's tyranny.

If you bother to read...
http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=17657

The point of the second amendment is to allow the people to overthrow the
government when it becomes tyrannical and REINSTATE the republic.

-Mike Petrucelli



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  Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!
 
(...) Where you looking? I truncated, I didn't remember the *exact* quote, and I didn't want to go looking for it, but my original posting was written as a response to the explicit 2nd, and I paraphrased last time--sorry 'bout that--but now that you (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!
 
(...) It says "the security of a free state", not "the maintaining of a free state from internal tyrants" or even "securing a free state". It's a long reach to place your interpretation on the law as written. Bruce (24 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!
 
(...) **Alert** I used 'your' many times in the following post--they are not directed at Chris at all--just wrapping up, I hope, in one complete posting a bunch of different points made in this thread. If you could read the words, "you" or "your" as (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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