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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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2. The Militia Act...
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 02:58 PM
Apr 2015

...yeah, "...able-bodied men 18 to 45 are considered..." I remember that. OTOH, Article 1 Section 8 says: "To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia" so while the "keeping and maintaining" of militia appropriate arms is the duty of every member, those that can't afford one, should be able to have congress supply one.

M-16s for all, step right this way.

Countering the Heller dissent [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 OP
Let's take the militia clause as the controllers would prefer -- Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #1
The Militia Act... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #2
Post removed Post removed Apr 2015 #4
"Ever male between 18 and 45 needs a metallic Dick." Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #5
I don't think he'll be answering. blueridge3210 Apr 2015 #6
Yeah. I saw that. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #7
well regulated and unorganized, explanations thereof jimmy the one Apr 2015 #9
How are unorganizd and well-regulated opposed to each other? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #11
GW & Hamilton, elitist anti rights gun control nazis jimmy the one Apr 2015 #12
correction gejohnston Apr 2015 #13
Where was this straw-man born? discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #16
bogus quote alert; foot in mouth disease rampant jimmy the one Apr 2015 #17
jto: "A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #18
defending the bogus quote jimmy the one Apr 2015 #19
mea culpa; you got me discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #20
George Washington, not so populist jimmy the one Apr 2015 #21
"If it's important enough to put on your timeline, it's important enough to Google." discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #22
When I wrote, "(If you have some....claims Washington meant 'A free people ought not be armed..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #23
Register another vote for selecting the most strained of all possible interpretations discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #10
The heller dissent was pretty bad. beevul Apr 2015 #3
The best way to learn any subject is to attempt to teach someone else about it discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #8
For Stevens in particular . . . Surf Fishing Guru Apr 2015 #14
How can anyone take seriously an opinion inferring a limiting definition of a right... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #15
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