"Topp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Leif" <leifrakur2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Leif speaking: The entire first half of the Second Amendment tells us
>> that the amendment is about the im****tance of a well regulated militia
>> in the security of a free state. If the amendment had been about
>> individual gun use, Madison would have said so.
>
>
> He did Say so:
> "The right of the people to keep and bear...arms shall not be
> infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the people, trained
> to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..."
> -James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 (June 8, 1789)
>
> "The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which
> Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation
> where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
> -James Madison
>
> "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed;
> a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security
> of a free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms
> shall be compelled to render military service in person."
> -James Madison,I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789
>
> "Americans need never fear their government
> because of the advantage of being armed,
> which the Americans possess over the people
> of almost every other nation."
> -James Madison
>
> "A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained
in
> arms,
> is the best most natural defense of a free country. "
> James Madison
>
>
> And he even warned us agains the Gun Grabbers :
>
> "Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will
have
> perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a
> distorted,
> bastardized form of illegitimate government. "
> James Madison
>
>
Wow
That's a pretty complete way of blowing leif out of the water
Do you think he's going to get it this time ?
Or will he invent some new nonsense to tried to justify his
unjustifiable belief ?
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