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- Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.111445.3478@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 11:14:45 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Nov12.111445.3478
- References: <1992Nov7.180313.21346@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <17888@autodesk.COM>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Distribution: inet
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
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- In article <17888@autodesk.COM> drake@Autodesk.COM (Dan Drake) writes:
- >spm2d@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Steven Miale) writes:
- >> ...
- >> Second, the amendment never says that it is only the *militia* who
- >> has a right to keep and bear arms. It says that in order in *insure*
- >> a well-regulated militia, the right to keep and bear arms shall not
- >> be infringed.
- >
- >Query: Can anyone tell me what the word ``well-regulated'' means when
- >used in the 2nd Amendment?
-
- It's an archaic firearms term meaning "adjusted to strike to point of
- aim." A double barrel shotgun is said to be well regulated when both
- barrels fire to the same point of aim. When applied to the militia,
- it means that the militia is practiced in the effective use of weapons.
-
- Gary
-