A few things, Larry. 1. Were the guys who wrote our Constitution idiots? No. Why would they use the term "the people" in every other amendment to mean the individual and then use it in the Second Amendment to mean the State? These were purposeful people.
2. Why does a "state" need to be free? It's the people that are free, not the State. The State is a subject of the people's will. It has no rights, it can not be free. 3. States don't have rights. The government has no rights. The government can only do those things we authorize it to do. Rights are inherent to individuals only. -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 1:19 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Poll was(RE: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban) State right. based on the first clause of the statement. larry At 12:23 PM 12/6/02 -0500, you wrote: >OK folks. Snap poll: > >"A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, >the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." - >The second amendment to the constitution of the United States > >1. This proclaims an individual right. > >2. This proclaims a state right. > >My rant will follow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
