At 08:12 PM 6/15/01, you wrote:
> > Behalf Of Darryl Shannon
>
> >
> > Now, Dan. About that liiiitle comma in the 2nd amendment. I really
> > believe that you are reading to much into it. We know that grammar
> > standards change over time. What we need to do is look at what the
> > framers of the constitution thought the 2nd amendment meant.
>
>Personally, I can't wait for someone to invent the Wayback Machine (TM) so
>we can see what actually happened.
>
>Chances are, the final version of the second amendment was agreed at about
>4am one morning after hours and hours of to and fro discussion, aided by a
>dram or three of the good stuff, the night before the last possible moment
>it could be got to the printers.
>
>Brett
Or perhaps that darn comma which no one can agree on the meaning of was
actually just an accidental mark where the pen dripped.
-- Ronn! :)