On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:18:15 -0800 "Guy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; > a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a > free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms > shall be compelled to render military service in person. You bring up a good point. I'm now going to go out on a limb, not having read the article. The fact that Congress struck the last clause suggests a preference of some sort for defense over religious conscience. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
