> Adam wrote: > I have always thought that the intention of the Second Amendment was > three-fold: to establish that the states needed their own militia, that the > citizens were that militia, and that *both* the states' militia and the > individuals making up those militia had the right to keep and bear arms, > both jointly and severally. >
I agree with point one, but not the second two - however I also think what they intended shouldn't matter so much to us except as legal trivia. I think it's our responsibility to make our own decisions with that as guidance. Just like military regulations and officers. > I would eliminate the federal waiver system in favor of one at each state's > What do you all think of this? > It's a piece of genius - anything to get the power our of the federal gov't, but I think your solution definitely meets the 80/20 rule overall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257100 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
