Re: Sharing docum... OT gun control
Philip Charles <[email protected]> Wed, 27 May 2015 13:08:32 +1200
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On Wed, 2015-05-27 at 10:59 +1200, Thomi Richards wrote: > > > > The specific text of the second amendment is (at least, one version of > it): > > > """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.""" > > > Lots of people tend to ignore the first clause, and focus entirely on > the second clause. What happens if you prove that the first clause is > no longer true? > There were many reasons for people to support this amendment, one was to enable slave owners to be armed to prevent slave revolts. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 [email protected] - personal. [email protected] - business _______________________________________________ DunLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/