RE: COMMAS OF THE SECOND

2007-03-22 Thread Phil Lee
Back in 2004 I found a particularly interesting discussion of this topic at Free Republic at:http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39388c210c1b.htm Phil In particular: The Second Amendment, Commas, and tangofox: A Study of Asininity By tangofox I became involved with the Second Amendment-comma quest

RE: COMMAS OF THE SECOND

2007-03-22 Thread Peter Boucher
Make it workforce instead of population, so that it reads "A mobile workforce, being necessary to the prosperity of a high tech State, the right of the people to keep and drive Automobiles, shall not be infringed." Then ask them if only people with jobs have the right to a car under that langu

Re: COMMAS OF THE SECOND

2007-03-22 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 04:07:40PM -0500, Mike Riddle wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:20:15 -0700, Autumn Rose Press wrote: > > >Can commas shoot down gun control? > >A grammarian takes issue with a court decision that picks apart clauses > > > > Found in the old files, this clearly predates t

MSM reporters are now master statisticians.

2007-03-22 Thread Joseph E. Olson
This interchange is between me and a person interviewed for an upcoming article in the Minneapolis Tribune concerning crime rates (up) and Minnesota CCW legislation. [quote="MNTactics"] [Conrad and I] talked about the Kleck study, and he dismissed that one pretty quickly, in fact, he doesn't e

Re: COMMAS OF THE SECOND

2007-03-22 Thread Mike Riddle
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:20:15 -0700, Autumn Rose Press wrote: >Can commas shoot down gun control? >A grammarian takes issue with a court decision that picks apart clauses Found in the old files, this clearly predates the recent D.C. case--mhr [I've obtained reprint permission for this s

Re: COMMAS - and wording choices

2007-03-22 Thread Henry E Schaffer
Joe writes: an individual's right to tote a gun > ... > The first version of the Statutes at Large, generally the "bible" on > proper early statutory language, uses one comma. It has done so since > about 1857 (long before the current controversy developed). Hmm - back in the early 90's I got c

Re: COMMAS OF THE SECOND

2007-03-22 Thread Joseph E. Olson
Bad facts lead to a bad conclusions. Professor Dennis Baron's theory has feet of sand (actually no feet at all). The first version of the Statutes at Large, generally the "bible" on proper early statutory language, uses one comma. It has done so since about 1857 (long before the current cont

Re: COMMAS OF THE SECOND

2007-03-22 Thread pflee
The whole notion this decision turns on commas is defective on the face. There are several different representations of the wording of the Second Amendment as it was submitted to Congress and to the States. Just to illustrate another version: " A well regulated Militia being necessary to the sec

COMMAS OF THE SECOND

2007-03-22 Thread Autumn Rose Press
Can commas shoot down gun control? A grammarian takes issue with a court decision that picks apart clauses of the 2nd Amendment. By Dennis Baron Professor of English at the University of Illinois March 22, 2007 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-baron22mar22,0,5526874.story?coll= la-opin

Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns

2007-03-22 Thread Charles Curley
Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns By Paul Duggan Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 18, 2007; Page A01 Meet the lawyer who conceived the lawsuit that gutted the District's tough gun-control statute this month. Meet the lawyer who recruited a g