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Gun Control & RKBA

NYC_SKP

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7. Simple. The ruling supports an individual right in support of the collective mobilization of militia

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 01:42 PM

Sep 2013

...but not to the exclusion of an individual right to bear arms for individual purposes.

The Miller case decided, rightly, that a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun didn't fit either set of purposes.

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Food for thought. Link to discussion on the 2A [View all] Remmah2 Aug 2012 OP

It seems so simple to me.. rrneck Aug 2012 #1

Agree. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

it is a basic philosophical difference in the group think - Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #3

Nicely put. That dichotomy underwrites many arguments. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #4

yes, I think it does, too. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #6

more junk science imo jimmy the one Sep 2013 #5

Simple. The ruling supports an individual right in support of the collective mobilization of militia NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #7

Actually no. gejohnston Sep 2013 #8