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25. And would any of their other mistakes have anything to do with the means by which Corporate Personho

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Just askin' [View all] madamesilverspurs Jan 2013 OP

I'm guessing they sort of go with the 'shall not be infringed' part of that. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #1

It is possible to logically say that the main clause is, "A well regulated militia...shall not be patrice Jan 2013 #6

I'm not sure the careful parsing matters...they just need something to which they can cling HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #7

Well, there are no perfect words, that means the ability to think is paramount. Thinking is NOT what patrice Jan 2013 #15

This is always the silliest argument...I just don't get how people think like this... jmg257 Jan 2013 #11

Just because you don't perceive something does not mean that it is not there. Commas are the patrice Jan 2013 #12

Nope - its some silly shit. My use of "so" did not alter the intent of the actual amendment, jmg257 Jan 2013 #14

So YOU may add to the Constitution AND subtract from it, but no one else may do the same. PRIVILEGE patrice Jan 2013 #17

Easy, don't go away mad. I was not adding or subtracting, I was rehashing what it says using jmg257 Jan 2013 #19

k, so the founding fathers (ahem...) made a mistake & forgot to say "hence". What other mistakes did patrice Jan 2013 #24

And would any of their other mistakes have anything to do with the means by which Corporate Personho patrice Jan 2013 #25

Not sure what you are saying or asking - can you clarify? nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #27

I would say that whole slave thing was a BIG one. jmg257 Jan 2013 #26

Actually, to legal scholars, including supreme court justices, HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #20

Agreed. Such selective interpretation is used in re:the 2nd, where jmg257 Jan 2013 #21

Judges are like accountants, their figures don't lie, but they surely do figuring. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #23

Come on now. You can't say that you inserting a word didn't change the intent when you're Politicub Jan 2013 #30

My adding 'so' while paraphrasing the wording of the 2nd did NOT change the intent. jmg257 Jan 2013 #32

+1, nutters have an excuse of being incredibly gullible what I cant stand is DUr's with HPC usin NRA uponit7771 Jan 2013 #2

Huge K&R! hrmjustin Jan 2013 #3

Simple ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #4

Yep, that's it exactly... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #8

They want to regulate the militia - socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #10

It isn't an individual right either. Blanks Jan 2013 #16

The amendment calls for a well regulated militia. It doesn't say an optional regulated militia. Politicub Jan 2013 #31

I agree with your points, especially the 2nd. The States WERE SUPPOSED jmg257 Jan 2013 #33

This all seems so out of date and far removed from the modern US Politicub Jan 2013 #34

I know I know. I love the historical aspect though! But bottom line, (IMHO) jmg257 Jan 2013 #35

I appreciate the dialogue. Politicub Jan 2013 #36

Me too! Cheers! Nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #37

K&R! & snagged, Thanks! nt patrice Jan 2013 #5

Regulate: to fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of. BadgerKid Jan 2013 #9

And luckily so, otherwise our National Guard would suck. jmg257 Jan 2013 #13

Different times Dpm12 Jan 2013 #18

Pickin and choosin lobodons Jan 2013 #22

Well-regulated was a well-known term to the Founding Fathers bongbong Jan 2013 #28

It's puzzling to me billh58 Jan 2013 #29