It does not say, "The right of non-criminals, to keep & bear arms.

[rbohm]

Originally Posted by Natural510

Hmmm, well if I were to actually interpret the second amendment for the time it was written, I'd be paying just as much attention to the "well-regulated militia" language in the article.

you could but then you would be wrong. read this;

Meaning of the phrase "well-regulated"

The phrase "well-regulated" was in common use long before 1789, and remained so for a century thereafter. It referred to the property of something being in proper working order. Something that was well-regulated was calibrated correctly, functioning as expected.

Establishing government oversight of the people's arms was not only not the intent in using the phrase in the 2nd amendment, it was precisely to render the government powerless to do so that the founders wrote it.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by Natural510

Hmmm, well if I were to actually interpret the second amendment for the time it was written, I'd be paying just as much attention to the "well-regulated militia" language in the article.

Then read the Militia Act and the the text says that the government is to arm every one of us and train us all. Everyone of us,( People )are to be trained and armed, to uphold the well regulated part, to maintain a free state. It is our right to keep those arms and bear them.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by burdell

Well, if you really want to get picky, it doesn't say firearms either.

true-dat!

arms, as the text is written, is not specific to small arms, or any ballistics qualifications.

It can actually mean your fist, feet, knees, and elbows, knives, clubs, bows/arrows, catapults, rockets red glare, clubs, sticks, pitchforks, rocks, firearms(single shot-fully automatic), cannons, howitzers, missles, RPGs, inter-continental ballistics..... ect.


What ever it takes and by any means humanly possible..... to repel the bully.

[brownbagg]

constitution wasnt written by the british so who cares what they think

[mike1003]

Originally Posted by BentBow

Why?


Because George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and all the others that fought tyranny...... Were considered criminals, by the British!!!!!!!!!



PONDER THAT... for more than an emotional second. Think deeply, before you respond.

Pondered.....ZZZZzzzzzzz

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by mike1003

Pondered.....ZZZZzzzzzzz

Don't feed the trolls