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Revisiting the Second Amendment
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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It was not conceived as a right for individuals to bear arms. (Please keep in mind that we’re also talking about muskets in 1787, not god damn AR-15’s.) It was not to protect citizens from international threats. The Second Amendment was created to protect Americans from their own government in the form of “well-regulated militias” or an organized military force formed from “the civil population.” |
Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
(7/30/2016)
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"It was not conceived as a right for individuals to bear arms."
Yes it was. "THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE..." There it is, THAT'S who owns the right. WE THE PEOPLE. I don't get this....the 2A WAS designed so we could protect ourselves from a tyrannical govt. I think the author is schizophrenic. |
Comment by:
PHORTO
(7/30/2016)
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Revisiting the Second Amendment?
Why?
It still says what it has always said. |
Comment by:
Sosalty
(7/30/2016)
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An armed population is a civil population. |
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