On Jul 21, 9:50 am, Yoorg...@Jurgis.net wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:17:21 -0500, "bill clinton"
>
> <
hill...@cankles.com> wrote:
>
> >> "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free
> >> State..."
>
> >and ends "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
> >infringed."
>
> >It says nothing to the effect that "those People" are the miltia
>
> It says nothing about assault weapons or automatic weapons because
> those are post industrial/technological age innovations
>
> Want to subscribe to a "literalist" interpretation of the
> Constittution---then do so consistently.
>
> The weapons in 18th century, rural, agrarian American colonies were
> the only consideration of the "founders". The NEED to have protection
> and means of providing food were primary considerations.
>
> The declaration named every conceivable grievance that required us to
> fight the established government and not one mentions having the
> concept of weaponry we have today. It does touch on the idea that a
> central authority should not be able to make laws related to states
> and how they choose to protect their frontiers. Militias were one
> way. what works in Vermont---was viewed differently than North
> Carolina. It was a matter of "states rights"---which is what the Bill
> of RIghts mostly addressed.
>
> NO WHERE does it say you have the right to own weapons of ALL kinds
> simply because you "want them"
It DOES NOT say that a person can't own a cannon, either. A cannon
was the major force of the time in which the Constitution was penned.
Note that the founders did not eliminate a black powder cannon from
the list of "approved" arms. WAKE UP