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Re: Trying to understand
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:54:17 GMT
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:51:11 GMT, "Bruce Schlickbernd"
<corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote:
> Amendment II
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> 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.
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> Rereading this, I'm not quite sure where I agree with your stated purpose of
> the 2nd amendment. I'm sure that it has that effect, but its purpose was not
> to act as a safeguard against an out-of-control government. It speaks more of
> a lack of a standing army and being a frontier country (at the time) than
> anything.
It may say that to you now, looking back on things from a modern high
school American history perspective, but it didn't mean just that when
it was written.
Think about the people involved in writing the first batch of
ammendments and what they had lived through.
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| (...) Very true. In addition, the 2nd Amendment was written when the latest in firearms technology took quite a while to reload. Even today, I understand the concerns of some citizens who feel they must have their guns to protect themselves (against (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) the (...) of (...) Hmmmm, well, I would have thought that the High School perspective would be that we needed guns to overthrow existing governments that got out of hand, so what do I know? :-) I was actually responding from what I perceive to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Amendment II 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. Rereading this, I'm not quite sure where I agree with your stated purpose of the 2nd (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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