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Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:22:02 GMT
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Some questions from down under...

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
<snip>

But that's it! If you're eligible for citizenship, you're eligible to (nay,
you have a duty to...) own a gun.

...and do you therefore also have a duty to be part of a well regulated militia?

That was the intent of the Founding
Fathers and nothing has convinced me that they were wrong. They are more
right than ever, we're in the grip of a particularly insidious tyranny today.

Taking courses, appearing before review boards, etc etc are all mechanisms
of restraint of this right to bear arms

But couldn't they be seen also as a method of regulating the militia well?

And just who is it that the militia is supposed to be well regulated by, anyway?

Cheers

Richie Dulin



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  Re: Those stupid liberal judges are at it again!
 
(...) militia? Well, I think the duty part is Larry's opinion. One that I vaguely share, but I certainly wouldn't hold people to. It's just that we think more highly of people who fully participate in the way of American governance. There are lots (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Didn't we dispose of this red herring already? Really, it's rather tiresome going round and round and round with you, you're displaying the Scott Arthur nature here a bit... and it doesn't score you any points with the regulars, you may want (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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