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WA: The Second Amendment is not about guns
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Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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The term keep and bear arms in the 18th century did not mean storing a weapon in your home or carrying it around on your person. The term meant that one could serve in the Militia, in 21st century terms, be a part of the military. Bearing arms was about fighting in the army or navy. Thus what the framers were talking about was not preventing persons serving in the military.
In 21st century language the Second Amendment would read: “A trained and disciplined armed force is necessary to the security of a free State; therefore persons who choose to be part of that armed force shall not be prevented from serving.” |
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Sosalty
(3/4/2017)
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| Liberal tripe. Your neighbors were the militia, ready to respond to a minute man messenger on horseback in short notice, thus their name "minute' men." |
| Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
(3/4/2017)
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| It's a letter to an editor by yet another ignoramus who does not understand what "the right of the people" means. Nothing really to see here other than yet one more example of our crumbling ejumakashun system. |
| Comment by:
dasing
(3/4/2017)
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| 2A is not about guns, it is about arms, all arms used in war or any arms used at home. Some of the ****had cannons at home , also! |
| Comment by:
laker1
(3/4/2017)
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| Its a self evident truth that this person has brain damage and should be added to the gun ban list. I am sure that he would agree that a brain damaged person should not buy a gun. |
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| By calling attention to a well-regulated militia for the security of the Nation, and the right of each citizen to keep and bear arms, our Founding Fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny, which gave rise to the second amendment, will ever be a major danger to our Nation, the amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic military-civilian relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of the country. For that reason I believe the second amendment will always be important. --JOHN F. KENNEDY |
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