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For many gun owners, guillaumeb Sep 2019 #1
People claiming rights they dont have Fullduplexxx Sep 2019 #2
Enabled by Antonin Scalia, the self proclaimed originalist guillaumeb Sep 2019 #8
Yes. Clever with words, but with the judicial temperament of McConnell. Hortensis Sep 2019 #15
And the integrity of McConnell. eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #17
And of Justices Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. nt Hortensis Sep 2019 #21
right, ignore elleng Sep 2019 #27
Merely prefatory. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #31
Zacly. elleng Sep 2019 #32
Making the US actually a part of the Commonwealth? guillaumeb Sep 2019 #34
"the right of _the people_" not the right of the members of the militia. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #37
You mean the right that the same framers ensconced in their respective state constitutions? X_Digger Sep 2019 #10
The US Constitution is the supreme law of the land. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #18
Kind of clear what they meant, though, when you look at the states. X_Digger Sep 2019 #25
What is so difficult to understand about the phrase "well regulated militia" in a Federal guillaumeb Sep 2019 #30
Pizza being important for study sessions, the right to grow and harvest tomatoes is protected. X_Digger Sep 2019 #43
Hell of a job, up against the most tyranical government we've ever had. Paladin Sep 2019 #5
Equally foolish is the idea that these mostly untrained gun owners might guillaumeb Sep 2019 #35
That is PRECISELY what I've been hearing from pro-gunners, for decades. Paladin Sep 2019 #38
And what they really mean is, guillaumeb Sep 2019 #42
2nd enables fighting FOR the government, not against HAB911 Sep 2019 #39
Ironic that many of these people are apparently afraid of their own guillaumeb Sep 2019 #41
The gun-humpers conveniently forget... albacore Sep 2019 #6
Some US citizens have never accepted that the slave faction lost that civil war. eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #9
Even more... albacore Sep 2019 #13
The self described "sovereign citizens"? guillaumeb Sep 2019 #14
Oh, THAT Alex Hamilton. n/t elocs Sep 2019 #3
Most gunners only read "shall not be infringed." They are too stupid, or attracted to guns, to admit Hoyt Sep 2019 #4
They're the same people who read articles on illegal immigration... Initech Sep 2019 #7
Which confirms that "well-regulated" is synonymous with "well-trained" in today's syntax NickB79 Sep 2019 #11
And that argument, precisely, is why we have a national guard, administered by the several States... Volaris Sep 2019 #22
All well and good, but the militia was based on the people keeping and bearing arms. aikoaiko Sep 2019 #12
No it is not it's a gift from the supreme court . The militia was based on putting down insurrection Fullduplexxx Sep 2019 #19
No. No guns at home was never part of the deal. aikoaiko Sep 2019 #20
So when, prior to Heller Docreed2003 Sep 2019 #26
Prior to Heller it was ambiguous. aikoaiko Sep 2019 #29
So citizens owning guns is not a danger to the country? hack89 Sep 2019 #16
Dipshits shooting up schools, churches, theaters, are a danger to this country. denbot Sep 2019 #23
Just commenting on the OP hack89 Sep 2019 #28
Exactly n/t denbot Sep 2019 #33
K & R bookmarked for future reference FakeNoose Sep 2019 #24
What I gleaned from Federalist Paper #29 kentuck Sep 2019 #36
How is Meatloaf's 'Id Do Anything for Love' like the 2nd Amendment? HAB911 Sep 2019 #40
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