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- From: Zhahai.Stewart@f93.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Zhahai Stewart)
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- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
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- Date: 10 Nov 92 22:49:46 GMT
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- MTP> Now, perhaps you believe Parade magazine and other constitutional
- MTP> "scholars" that the militia is really the Army. I suggest you
- MTP> read the Constitution again. The language used is very important.
- MTP> Whenever the army or navy or other land forces are referenced,
- MTP> they are NEVER referred to as the "militia."
- MTP> Please... actually READ the thing.
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- For your exercise: in what other contexts is the "militia" referred to in
- the Constitution? As a defender against a tyrannical government, or as a
- force against popular insurrection? If you have yourself "actually READ
- the thing", with especial emphasis on this issue, the answer should be on
- the tip of your tongue. If not, perhaps you have yet to win your spurs
- and the right to so chastise others.
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- And what "other land forces" are you talking about? The only other land
- forces I see mentioned are the "militia"! Did YOU read it, or are you
- making this up as you go? <g>
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- PS: I have read not only the document, but analyses by pro-gun scholars.
- I found the latter surprisingly convincing; as a result, I think that
- waiting periods for handguns (by "liberals") are entirely constitutional,
- in no way abridging the intent or letter of the amendment, but the banning
- of "assault weapons" (by the Reagan and Bush administrations) are entirely
- unconstitutional, being *exactly* the type of weapons referred to as "arms"
- by the Constitution. In the long run, conservative authoritarians are many
- times more dangerous to the second amendment than are liberals. The second
- amendment will continue to lose grounds until it is detached from other
- political agendas, like liberal bashing, and returned to its roots.
- ~z~
-
- (I can't believe I bothered to write on this subject here; MY issues this
- year are privacy and intellectual property).
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