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In reply to the discussion: Alex hamilton on the 2a and the militia [View all]aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)20. No. No guns at home was never part of the deal.
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"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
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
Some US citizens have never accepted that the slave faction lost that civil war. eom
guillaumeb
Sep 2019
#9
Most gunners only read "shall not be infringed." They are too stupid, or attracted to guns, to admit
Hoyt
Sep 2019
#4
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