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Response to jmg257 (Reply #35)

This message was self-deleted by its author Flashmann Feb 2013 #1
At the time the 2nd A was written, the US was largely rural. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #12
Scarcity of firearms in 1791, not plentiful jimmy the one Feb 2013 #23
Hogwash. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #64
he is a big gejohnston Feb 2013 #65
I gathered he was a fan of that fraud. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #68
hogwash boomerangs jimmy the one Feb 2013 #72
You're citing a BLOG? Bwahahaha! HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #73
Sailors couldn't own guns? Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #74
Essentially not. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #75
whoopty do, doesn't jimmy the one Feb 2013 #78
Not to put too fine a point on it, but most folks who would later constitute the militia had rifles. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #98
In error: Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #16
Senator Charles Schumer... Bay Boy Feb 2013 #77
"some kind of restriction(s)" are already in place... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #97
So President Obama Lurks Often Feb 2013 #19
Logic... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #49
The most rightwing court in 80 years rewrote the 2A in Heller. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #2
I agree with the strict constructionist argument you are saying bossy22 Feb 2013 #20
the BoR is a set of negative rights gejohnston Feb 2013 #3
The Army Reserve and National Guard are decidedly not the militia, quite the opposite. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #4
Not according to We the people. The National Guard has specifically been codified jmg257 Feb 2013 #21
Prove it with some documentation, please. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #24
Here you go. Is this no longer US Code? jmg257 Feb 2013 #28
Thank you so very much for disproving your own claim. The unorganized militia, Sec. 311/(b)/(2): NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #42
MY claim was exactly that... jmg257 Feb 2013 #60
It is a real honor to have a dissenting supreme court Justice commenting here iiibbb Feb 2013 #5
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But you are certainly not well regulated, unless of course jmg257 Feb 2013 #22
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Not when it comes to Militias and the security of the 2nd. You are not an island. jmg257 Feb 2013 #33
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Great - you are ready to serve. BUT are you a member of the Guard? jmg257 Feb 2013 #38
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Wolverines!! nt Cheers. jmg257 Feb 2013 #45
Well regulated means well equipped and in good working order, nothing more, nothing less. Ashgrey77 Feb 2013 #51
And just how were the Militias to become well-regulated? jmg257 Feb 2013 #54
Well, they clearly haven't been drilling the unorg'd militia much. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #56
I agree...Heller made all this idle chatter. :) That was my 'militia' point... jmg257 Feb 2013 #61
good lord. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #83
:) discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #84
Hey! Welcome back, Hero! (or are you going to delete that one too??) nt jmg257 Feb 2013 #85
did you edit enough to suit you?? If I am a hero then we know what that makes you - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #90
Yep - got it JUSSST right! Though not worth responding really, when there is a 75% chance jmg257 Feb 2013 #91
Oh yeah - and 1 more time just for you - Wolverines!!! jmg257 Feb 2013 #93
was that your High School team? gejohnston Feb 2013 #94
Naa...mine were The Dukes. Hmm... The mascot did carry a sword. nt jmg257 Feb 2013 #96
jmg257 seems to think that your state's National Guard is the militia... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #25
Life's tough, but the people decided long ago they didn't want the responsibility jmg257 Feb 2013 #29
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Yep - wrong here, wrong up there. nt jmg257 Feb 2013 #35
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OK Hero, when is your next muster? What governmental regulations are you disciplined by? jmg257 Feb 2013 #40
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Yep - like I thought -ALL bluster, NO muster, and maybe a gun or 2. Wolverines! nt jmg257 Feb 2013 #44
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Shit, no. Owning guns is fine - have all you want. It's the illusion that you have some special jmg257 Feb 2013 #52
I have no illusions especially when it comes to you. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #82
Good for you! Hmm...so is THIS /\ post a keeper? jmg257 Feb 2013 #86
like you really give a shit what I do. go play with glaugedare. silly child. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #89
Aww - you found someone else to kiss your ass already? jmg257 Feb 2013 #92
well, laugh like the hyena you are then. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #95
And here I thought you and Glaug-El were snow-shoveling "militia" buddies. jmg257 Feb 2013 #100
Try reading the Militia Act of 1903 sometime. gcomeau Feb 2013 #101
Quite correct discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #7
You may wish to read this document at some point sarisataka Feb 2013 #8
There are 3 entities in the 2nd Amendment krispos42 Feb 2013 #9
that is my understanding of it also. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #32
And guardian Feb 2013 #88
So, what would be an example of a pure 2A violation? Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #10
If we want to go by the Amendment, clydefrand Feb 2013 #13
Got a serious answer? Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #14
Pens and quills... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #26
And video/movies, HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #69
If we go by the Amendment (I), let's use only those "presses" that were available then. nt Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #99
PHEW.. raidert05 Feb 2013 #11
It doesn't restrict the RKBA to the militia, though. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #15
And you are simply correct. nt Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #17
plus a brazillion and beyond to infinity, Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #55
Here's a militia... Puha Ekapi Feb 2013 #18
Oh Snap... (nt) NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #27
to make a very simplistic response (and I admit that it does not do the debate justice) bossy22 Feb 2013 #37
Miller 1939 redux 2013 jimmy the one Feb 2013 #58
mutually exclusive ref org'd & unorg'd jimmy the one Feb 2013 #63
Dunno about federal law, Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #66
Jimmy... raidert05 Feb 2013 #79
peace in our time jimmy the one Feb 2013 #80
So lets get this straight rightsideout Feb 2013 #39
Unless your the amendment is written bossy22 Feb 2013 #50
I recently had dinner with friends in DC. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #46
snow shovellers aren't the unorg'd militia jimmy the one Feb 2013 #67
I see the militia as a much broader thing than you do, I think. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #71
such a spot on post, I wish I could rec it. really. excellent post. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #81
I think you need to look up the meaning of.. Bay Boy Feb 2013 #103
Matters of constitutional law are never 'settled'. gcomeau Feb 2013 #104
Perhaps so, but it's one I'm remarkably confident is not going away. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #105
Perhaps in return, however... gcomeau Feb 2013 #106
Who makes up the militia? ileus Feb 2013 #47
In the 18th century? Or today? gcomeau Feb 2013 #102
Sweden follows the spirit of the 2nd Amendment better than we do rightsideout Feb 2013 #53
I believe you might be thinking about Switzerland, not Sweden.... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #57
I think you are mistaken the place for Switzerland gejohnston Feb 2013 #59
Details, details... It matters not. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #70
Well, that totally explains why it specifies 'THE PEOPLE'. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #62
for state security. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #76
That horse is very dead. You can quite beating it. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #87
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