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Lets pretend that SCOTUS doesn't agree that the 2nd amendment gives the common person the right to bear arms. You need to read it again and think about the commas and why they are there, I mean its not word and punctuation salad.
I was trying to reason with rnaa without completely destroying his or her post. I could have simply said your post is garbage because SCOTUS said F YOU!
Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions on the commercial sale of arms.
SCOTUS is not fallible.
originally posted by: Eilasvaleleyn
SCOTUS is not fallible.
I think you mean infallible.
I just wonder where the "well-regulated" part of the militia comes into it. Where is the regulation?
The Congress shall have power...
To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
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Anyway, I still think that having the primary school curriculum involve a gun safety course is a good idea.
Okay, barging into someone's home without a warrant isn't cool...but just imagine...
originally posted by: BIGPoJo
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: Murgatroid
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Citizens with hand weapons and long guns are not going to stop a modern war-machine, should one turn its baleful eye upon us.
I mean, let's get real.
Lets. You do realize that many citizens are former military don't you? And do you also realize that if our government did turn against the people, many military units would break ranks and stand with the people. If you think otherwise you are mistaken.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: BIGPoJo
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: Murgatroid
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Citizens with hand weapons and long guns are not going to stop a modern war-machine, should one turn its baleful eye upon us.
I mean, let's get real.
Lets. You do realize that many citizens are former military don't you? And do you also realize that if our government did turn against the people, many military units would break ranks and stand with the people. If you think otherwise you are mistaken.
Being "former military" changes the laws of physics?
Feel free to keep living out your fantasy. Handguns and long guns, even in the hands of experienced users with tactical experience, will not "stand up to" the unleashed might of a modern military.
Besides that fact, your bloviating about what armed forces members would do ... tell me, what if they believe that the US Government is "in the right"? Eh? Following, just for a wild example, any of the mindless, crazed rhetoric that certain of the current Presidential hopefuls have spewed?
Again. Get real.