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'Arms' have come a long way since the Founding Fathers [So has the 'press']
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Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/
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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.'"
"For some gun owners, the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution means no gun control laws. No infringement means just that -- no laws that restrict the right of citizens to own and equip themselves with armaments of their choosing." ...
"Not only did the nation's founders lack standing national armies and navies, they also could never have imagined that the word 'arms' could include today's weaponry. Like it or not, the right of the private citizens to keep and bear arms has already been infringed by outlawing the ownership of all sorts of weapons now relegated for use by the nation's well-regulated military." -------
KABA Notes: Nice 'bait-and-switch' there, going from 'well-regulated militia' (which is composed of the whole body of the people) to 'well-regulated military'. And if you argue that the Founders never imagined what 'arms' would become, then you must admit that they never imagined what 'press' would become (what with high-speed presses, radio, television and the internet) so you must be equally willing to allow 'reasonable restrictions' on the freedom of the press, right?
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