this is sure to get amore than a few reich wing heads to explode. After King Philip's War in the 168o's through to the immediate pre revolutionary era, many communities owned the rifles and large equipment communally. So that everyone was fully equipped the same regardless of wealth.
Those darned colonial Socialists. On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > And 240 years ago, things were A LOT different than they were today. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:33 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control > > > Exactly. The militia carried what they owned, down even to food and ammo. > If you wanted a cannon, some individual had to buy and maintain it. > > So this all comes down to the intent of the founders. The constitutionality > or legality of a gun law has nothing at all to do with polls or modern crime > statistics, and everything to do with the authors intent over 200 years ago, > as that is what was ratified and carries the power of law today. > On Jan 10, 2013 4:28 PM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "I would say it means that in order to have a well regulated militia >> (aka laws about the militia and it's use are constitutional) you need >> an armed population, and therefore the right of the individual to own >> and carry arms shall be in no way limited." >> >> >> When the Constitution was written, how were militia formed? Who >> provided the weapons? >> >> >> >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Fascism and Communism are merely variants of the same totalitarianism >> which central control of economic activity tends to produce. - F. A. >> Hayek >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
