Re: Handgun ban in U.S. capital could reach Supreme Court

Scout wrote:
> "Leif" <leifrakur2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
<snip>
> You ability to misconstrue and misrepresent something has already been 
> established. If the meaning you claim is valid then surely it would be
in an 
> authoritative source such as Webster's, American Heritage, or even
Oxford. 
> Heck, they even include archaic and obsolete meanings. So if the meaning
you 
> suggest is valid you should be able to find it somewhere. I may even
take a 
> run down to the library later and see if I can supply you with a few
more 
> listings for the meaning of people from other and older sources.
> 
> 

Johnson and Walker's Dictionary of the English Language
Second Edition, Revised and Corrected
MDCCCXXVIII (1828)

PEOPLE, A nation; those who compose a community; the vulgar; the 
commonalty; not the princes or nobles; persons of a particular class; 
men or persons in general.

To PEOPLE, To stock with inhabitants.