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May 6th, 2018, 10:52 AM #1
The Second Amendment Annotated
Hello,
I wrote the following hoping some of you might be able to use it. I've been told recently that history doesn't matter since we're living now; I disagree.
This is my work. You have my permission to pass it around. You may add to it if you wish, but please do not delete anything. Keep my name etc.
Annotated Second Amendment
1. A well-regulated militia (men 17-45, supplying their own small arms and drilling, at least in theory, with some regularity)
2. Necessary to the security of a free State (providing for the common defense; first responders in an armed crisis)
3. The right OF THE PEOPLE (not the right of the "militia", but the right of THE PEOPLE, who comprise the militia; The People remain armed regardless of the existence of an organized Militia; The People must retain the ability to raise a militia)
4. To keep and bear arms (historically, those arms in common use by infantry in militias and militaries at any given time, not just 1776, given the stated mission of the militia)
5. Shall not be infringed (self-explanatory; the British tried to deprive the colonies of powder and arms so they could be subjugated; this sparked a hot war)
Regards,
Josh Smith
Smith-Sights.com
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May 6th, 2018, 11:46 AM #2
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Let's keep in mind about the Militia argument. In the 1700's every house hold had a firearm for hunting and protection. Same in the wild west, men carried a 6-shooters and a rifles on their horses. When a sheriff needed to form a "posse" to
hunt bank robbers etc., the citizens BROUGHT THEIR OWN FIREARMS.
What do you think those citizens would do to politicians if they banned rifles with lever actions?Last edited by ideaman; May 6th, 2018 at 11:53 AM.
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May 6th, 2018, 11:53 AM #3
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Ecclesiastes 10:2 ...........
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May 6th, 2018, 12:18 PM #4
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May 6th, 2018, 12:23 PM #5
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Nice breakdown. There's no hunting clause!
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May 6th, 2018, 12:25 PM #6
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May 6th, 2018, 12:26 PM #7
Re: The Second Amendment Annotated
Originally Posted by Josh Smith View Post
1. A well-regulated militia (men 17-45, supplying their own small arms and drilling, at least in theory, with some regularity)Illegitimus non carborundum est
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May 6th, 2018, 01:10 PM #8Grand Member
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I grew up in Texas and a VERY 2A friendly Church elder, an Indian Chief to boot, explained it this way, and I still believe he was correct. “Iiishhha waheeshawaa, commeehsha ... naw, I was just screwing with you! What he said was:
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to a Free State= because you have to have an army to keep a State Free, and because standing armies are inherently VERY DANGEROUS things to have around
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. = the individual men and women of that state shall be allowed to keep and bear arms without any restrictions and this can never be taken away! He further added that your rights can be surrendered, but not taken. By ‘surrendered’ he explained that you could commit a crime that carries a punishment that includes surrender of rights, or, you could be stupid enough to elect politicians that don’t understand ‘shall not be infringed’. Either of those would equal surrender of rights, not taking of rights.
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May 6th, 2018, 01:22 PM #9
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"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself"
"He created the game, played the game, and lost the game.... All under his own terms, by his own doing." JW34
"Tolerance is the lube that helps slip the dildo of dysfunction into the ass of a civilized society." Plato
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May 6th, 2018, 08:44 PM #10Super Member
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I am not a lawyer.
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