SaPeIsMa wrote:
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> "Topp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Leif" <leifrakur2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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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 ?
>
I might be misremembering, but didn't Leif say he's a military vet?
If so, the question might be relevant, for which side?
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