On Thursday 12 October 2006 19:35, Bob Hemus wrote: > If you read the 2nd Amendment and some background you'll find it was put > in so State Militias could issue fire arms to the State Militiamen to > take home so if the need ever were to arise that the Federal Government > got too large and intrusive in local affairs the Militia could be called > to arms to overthrow the Feds. Not for huntng, sport shooting or any > thing else. This interpretation was re-affirmed in 1937 or 38 by the > U.S. Supreme Court. The Constitution also gives the Supreme Court the > responsibility to interpret the Constitution.
Read the first and 2nd amendments and then describe how "the people" in the first amendment applies to an individual and "the people" in the 2nd amendment applies to militias. _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
