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In reply to the discussion: Firing an AR-15 with a printed lower. [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)24. 'Cause no one else confuses dynamite with arms that could be kept and born by
the people, as were prescribed by Congress for Militia service, or as secured in the 2nd?
It's not about "weapons", its about "arms" the people were expected to be able to supply themselves, and keep and bear for defense of themselves and the state, just as had occurred and was well-understood for decades & decades in the colonies, and in other States around the world.
Like "Militia", "the people", "well-regulated", "the right of", "arming", "organizing", "disarming", etc. - "arms" as used in the 2nd was a well understood term.
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99% of Americans, especially idiots like James Holmes, would never learn how to use a metal lathe.
denverbill
Feb 2013
#4
Then we best ban gasoline, sawdust, model rockets and water proof matches just as a start.....
SQUEE
Feb 2013
#11
Worst school massacre in US history involved dynamite, which is also 'arms'.
denverbill
Feb 2013
#15
#1, there is still no proof that the Founding Fathers had ever seen or heard of that gun.
denverbill
Feb 2013
#48
Why don't more people fight the MSM, the press, the Internet, the equivalent "Quill"?
NYC_SKP
Mar 2013
#78
Has anyone in the US ever committed a mass shooting with a home-made weapon like that?
denverbill
Feb 2013
#47
There was a time when the Sun, Moon, and stars all revolved around the earth...
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#57