What makes you say that? I can see that interpretation as well, like "bearing a burden" meaning to carry a burden. I haven't seen anything though that makes one interpretation of the word that much more likely than another.
Judah On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bearing in that usage means carrying. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:42 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: questions from the gun control thread >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Michael Dinowitz >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > No laws regarding the ownership of guns, not their usage. >> Laws about >> > how you use guns and what the result of their usage is does not >> > infringe on the amendment. I'm all for that. You can own a gun, you >> > can carry a gun, you can make love to a gun, but once you >> fire it you >> > are bound by laws beyond the constitution which may result >> in a fine, imprisonment, or even death. >> >> I tend to think that this is how things ought to go, but I'm >> not sure if that interpretation is supported by a plain text >> reading. The amendment says "keep and bear arms". Keeping >> arms is pretty straight forward, it is a passive act meaning >> you can own them and have them. >> Bearing arms is a bit tougher. Bearing is an active word and >> it is transactional. "Bearing false witness" means to >> actively lie, not just think bad thoughts. So bearing arms >> would seem to be about how you use the arms, not just sheer ownership. >> >> I'm really glad that I am not writing a constitution. Could >> you imagine people pouring over the meaning of every comma >> and connector word you use for hundreds of years? >> >> Judah >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280075 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
