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The 2nd Amendment as written by the founders has absolutely nothing to do DURHAM D May 2022 #1
I think you are totally wrong....Below is the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution Stuart G May 2022 #4
Are all gun owners in a Well Regulated Militia? Emile May 2022 #5
No. Ray Bruns May 2022 #7
US v Miller wryter2000 May 2022 #9
If I were an "originalist"... orwell May 2022 #10
Agreed! ProfessorGAC May 2022 #16
It is one of the most poorly formed sentences in any official document relayerbob May 2022 #2
Agreed. They should have written as the right of the states to form, regulate and arm militias. Ray Bruns May 2022 #6
yep relayerbob May 2022 #15
As said. There would have been because the federal government's Hortensis May 2022 #3
I think they were mainly concerned with defending against the indigenous population of "savages" anarch May 2022 #8
Slavery, "The Peculiar Institution", was grudgingly agreed to in order mobeau69 May 2022 #11
If you could go back in time and describe today's weapons to them, they would have laughed at you ck4829 May 2022 #12
Yes - but with more clarity JustAnotherGen May 2022 #13
Only two possible answers to the question, yes or no sanatanadharma May 2022 #14
They couldn't see into the future. lpbk2713 May 2022 #17
Would there still be a Senate with equal representation for each state? Buckeyeblue May 2022 #18
Well, the "militias" were to catch runaway slaves. UTUSN May 2022 #19
Of course, gotta patrol the slaves themaguffin May 2022 #20
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