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Interpreting the Second Amendment
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Bruce W. Krafft
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"The Second Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1791, reads:"
"'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.'"
"None of the recent mass killers was a member of a well regulated militia (such as the National Guard) yet it was legal for them to own guns."
"Now let's look at arms -- specifically, guns -- as they existed at the time the Second Amendment was ratified."
"Guns in 1791 were made by a gunsmith, had rudimentary rifling, were single-shot weapons, loaded through the muzzle and fired by means of a flintlock." ... |
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The supposed quietude of a good mans allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside...Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them... — Thomas Paine, I Writings of Thomas Paine at 56 (1894). |
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