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MotherPetrie

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26. K&R

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:09 PM

Feb 2013

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Fifty years old is "out-of-date". But 250, not so much. [View all] Scuba Feb 2013 OP

To be fair, guns are still here. Racism is long gone. onehandle Feb 2013 #1

Some of my best friends are (insert minority) ! DetlefK Feb 2013 #2

All of the colorblind people say that they can't see racism MrScorpio Feb 2013 #3

2nd Amendment? For grammar students it has always been out of date. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #4

OK, you're going to have to explain that one to me. Scuba Feb 2013 #5

Probably referring to the awkward sentence structure? deutsey Feb 2013 #6

Ye gads! It was written by a freeper? gtar100 Feb 2013 #10

Other then some scribe's possible addition of commas, it wasn't all that strange an article. jmg257 Feb 2013 #12

The problem was Madison (Who wrote the bill of rights) wanted to do two things with the Amendment. happyslug Feb 2013 #18

Interesting...thanks! n/t deutsey Feb 2013 #19

Thank you for a very insightful analysis bringing in lots of background. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #20

Pretty sure Madison would be ok with handguns...especially jmg257 Feb 2013 #21

Actually if you read the 1792 Act, pistols were ONLY permitted for calvary happyslug Feb 2013 #22

Does the 'ability of the people to get firearms in case the govts ignore the militia' jmg257 Feb 2013 #23

I referred to the Militia of the 1790s when I mentioned "Independent" Organization happyslug Feb 2013 #25

Good stuff! Thanks for the insight! nt jmg257 Mar 2013 #29

Very interesting... Deep13 Feb 2013 #27

it is badly written Skittles Feb 2013 #24

If you think the 2nd Amendment is out of date, there is a procedure for fixing that badtoworse Feb 2013 #7

That is not the point of the OP. nt stevenleser Feb 2013 #9

oblivious bigtree Feb 2013 #15

Ever notice that the first amendment is implied christianity, docgee Feb 2013 #8

The Bill Of Rights was ratified, Island Deac Feb 2013 #11

Madison specifically refers to why he didn't propose any articles about standing armies... jmg257 Feb 2013 #16

The subject has come up that one has no constitutional right to bonniebgood Feb 2013 #13

Yeah, and who knew that voting was an entitlement? sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #14

It's all about their mind games.... hue Feb 2013 #17

K&R MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #26

If applied currently PATRICK Mar 2013 #28

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