Re: Sharing docum... OT gun control

Kathinka <[email protected]> Wed, 27 May 2015 13:12:27 +1200
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.dunedin.general
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On 27 May 2015 at 13:08, Philip Charles <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-05-27 at 10:59 +1200, Thomi Richards wrote:
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>> The specific text of the second amendment is (at least, one version of
>> it):
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>> """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."""
>>
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>> 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.
>
Even better reason now: so it's not just the villains who have the firearms!

Kathinka.

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