My understanding was that the constitution only protected people's _right_ to own a firearm _if_ they were a member of a state militia. The ammendment that the NRA harps on claiming that it's supposed to protect people's rights to load themselves up with as much of whatever kind of arsenal they please whenever and wherever they like, but which the supreme court has on more than one occasion affirmed is supposed to protect the right of states to have militias... Which no state has... and hence, no private individual technically has a right to have those weapons...
But I disagree! I think every adult should have the right to have a muzzle-loaded black-powder weapon to defend their property. :) I suspect if the constitution really did have an amendment that claimed that every man between the age of 18 and 45 be an equipped and participating member of a militia, that we'd hear more about _that_ amendment from the NRA. Or is that what the NRA claims the amendment means in spite of the supreme court's rulings on it? > I doubt the requirement is for a rifle, as at the time of > the framing > of the constitution rifles were pretty scarce. Smoothbore > muskets were > the rule. > But I don't see where in the constitution that requirement > exists. > Help me out? > On 3/7/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, from the constitutional view point, every male >> between 18 and 45 is in >> the "militia" and is still required by law to own a rifle >> and 100 rounds. >> Of course no one is enforcing that. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199151 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
