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dipsydoodle

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8. Just wait until you've all got your own armed drones.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:20 PM

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If the meaning of "regulated" must be based on the definitions when the Constitution was written, [View all] elehhhhna Dec 2012 OP

Exactly. Muskets only, gun nuts. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #1

scalia of all people probably agrees with you. If I remember right. roguevalley Dec 2012 #11

I' m UK dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #2

Elsewhere I posted that one of the reasons that the new emerging democracies in the CTyankee Dec 2012 #3

Technically, the Constitution does not contain any gun language. An amendment to it does. nt stevenleser Dec 2012 #16

Technically, when an amendment ashling Dec 2012 #33

No, it doesnt become part of that document, but it is treated as Constitutional law. Its an stevenleser Dec 2012 #39

Yes, I know, but it is in the context of our founders which to me makes it a part of CTyankee Dec 2012 #36

OK and all writing with quill pens, all speech without electronic aids, etc. nt jody Dec 2012 #4

There are no Constitutional issues with writing implements, unlike weaponry. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #6

And if we want, laws could be passed or repealed easily regarding all those things. Not so with stevenleser Dec 2012 #17

Go operate a radio transmitter without an FCC license. jberryhill Dec 2012 #54

"Regulate" that shit. Make people jump through hoops, register.... NightWatcher Dec 2012 #5

Yes, it is idiotic to pretend the founders were writing about modern technology in the 18th century Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #7

Just wait until you've all got your own armed drones. dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #8

funny how they used the word 'arms' and not muskets... Mel Content Dec 2012 #52

That's a very valid argument. moobu2 Dec 2012 #9

thanks! stating the obvious is always a good argument, yanno? elehhhhna Dec 2012 #14

Read Federalist Paper #29 bongbong Dec 2012 #10

Make that an OP and throw up a link. PLEASE?!! elehhhhna Dec 2012 #12

You know nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #27

That would be Antonin Scalia's position? Strict textualism. FarCenter Dec 2012 #13

Well Scalia likes to claim that position. white_wolf Dec 2012 #47

Tax the SHIT out of gunpowder RomneyLies Dec 2012 #15

I have seen you post this many times. Do you think a nut shooter would care about the money? Logical Dec 2012 #18

Yes, I do. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #19

truefact. stops 'em from getting mental heath care. elehhhhna Dec 2012 #21

then freedom of press only applies to hand printing presses? NT backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #20

really, bob? really? elehhhhna Dec 2012 #22

I understand...se my point backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #23

bob, we own guns. plural. elehhhhna Dec 2012 #24

Bob I am a gun owner nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #26

Here nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #25

And here is Madison writing to Jefferson about the nature of the Bill of Rights JCMach1 Dec 2012 #30

In my mind it is high time to recapture nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #44

I just posted Federalist 29 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #28

you rock nadin, thankyou elehhhhna Dec 2012 #34

The right to keep and bear arms is not conditioned on what is regulated TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #29

i suspected that elehhhhna Dec 2012 #31

Not really, unless you follow the Constitution and due process. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #35

See #25... nor was it intended to absolute JCMach1 Dec 2012 #32

Read this, you are wrong nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #43

"federalist 29" is NOT the constitution or the bill of rights. Mel Content Dec 2012 #50

It's just Hamilton's justification for it nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #53

Fuck That... Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #37

The problem is that the NRA tells you that the founders wanted nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #40

the amendment doesn't REQUIRE a 'well regulated militia'... Mel Content Dec 2012 #38

Heller notwithstanding yes it does nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #41

the wording they chose for the amendment does not REQUIRE a well-regulated militia. Mel Content Dec 2012 #45

Do you understand Dependent Clauses nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #46

Break it down for us then nadinbrzezinski. Llewlladdwr Dec 2012 #48

what he said. Mel Content Dec 2012 #49

Here you go,,, have fun nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #51

Ummm..that's not a sentence diagram. Llewlladdwr Dec 2012 #55

Similarly, our right to free speech and press should not apply to anything Codeine Dec 2012 #42