Hey Studio, I humbly suggest that you read James Madison's commentary in Federalist Paper No. 46;
Alexander Hamilton's commentary in Federalist Papers No 29; (at 184-188) One thing that was pretty much unanimous between George Mason, who predominately wrote the segments on Americans' right to keep and bear arms, (and the States' rights to form militias) in the Anti-Federalist Papers, as compared to John Jay, Hamilton and Madison who wrote the Federalist Papers, were three distinct principles, (and I am most definitely simplifying here...) : 1. That Americans, unlike some of their European counterparts, should be able to own weapons for personal protection;* e.g.;* "critters"; robbers, bandits; for hunting, etc.; 2. That Americans should own firearms as a deterrent for any and all potential foreign invasions; and finally, but most importantly: 3. That Americans should keep and bear arms, in order to keep its own federal government in check. So, if my City of Tampa owns a tank, I too, should have the right to own a tank. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:19 AM, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > A well regulated militia,... > (there's those pesky regulations again...) > ...being necessary to the security of a free State, > (if it's necessary, government should provide them to me for free) > the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. > > Infringed; advance beyond the usual limit. Go against as in rules or > laws. > (I wonder what the usual limit was back then? I bet most people had a > dozen or more back in 1776.) > > I'll assume Arms refers to any weapon able to fit in ones arms, and > not specifically a gun anymore than a spear or sword. > > Why can't I have a bazooka or rocket launcher? > It fits in my arms. > And it would also make any guns people carry practically valueless in > the same way guns made spears and swords valueless. > Later we can re-equip the rocket launcher with a nuclear tipped > warhead so whole communities could be made valueless. > > Think of the jobs this would create and increased arm sales around the > world. > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
