It comes from here: Assize of Arms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assize_of_Arms
The Assize of Arms of 1181 is a legal precedent decided by King Henry II of England and developed in common law jurisdictions originating a duty to bear arms. Having inherited the English common law legal system, the Assize of Arms formed part of the legal basis for the English Bill of Rights and the right to bear arms contained in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then why does it say the 'people' have the right to keep and bear arms > rather than the militia? > > It never says you need to be in a militia to own a gun, merely that a > militia is necessary for the security of the state. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280116 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
