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- From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
- Newsgroups: soc.history,talk.politics.theory
- Subject: Re: [ACLU] Guardian of Liberty: American Civil Liberties Union
- Message-ID: <13319@optilink.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 18:58:51 GMT
- References: <Bxwt89.79D@quake.sylmar.ca.us> <1992Nov19.192404.11248@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov19.192404.11248@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham) writes:
- > In article <Bxy12o.Dxw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cbl@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu writes:
- # # I would contend, and the Supreme Court agrees, that militial
- # # weapons are the only ones protected. By the way, the ACLU position
- # # is the fraudulent ' the 2'nd protects the National Guard's right
- # # to arms' which is patently absurd, as well as explicitly addressed
- # # in another S.C. ruling. In other words you are full of shit, and
- # # haven't read 1) any of the relavent S.C. ruling, and 2) The
- # # ACLU position paper that addresses the question.
- #
- # Note that nowhere in my original posting did I state my opinion on
- # the right to keep and bear arms.
- #
- # Strangely enough, I have read both Miller and the relevant ACLU position
- # paper, as well as a number of other relevant documents. Perhaps your
- # reading of the ACLU position paper is correct and I'm mistaken, but
- # I didn't read it the way you did.
- #
- # You might benefit from reading the precise definition of the militia
- # contained in the Federal Code. The National Guard is the Organized
- # Militia.
- #
- # You definitely need to learn to read. Most people find that reading all
- # of a document helps. You assume what the document will say, read only
- # those portions that agree with your assumption, and ignore the rest.
-
- As you have just demonstrated. The unorganized militia is also
- defined in that same section, and includes all male U.S. citizens who
- are between 18 and 45.
-
- # Stephen Graham
-
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- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
- We could say that Congress spends money like drunken sailors. But that would
- be unfair -- to the sailors. They, at least, are spending their own money.
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