Semi-automatic weapons are used extensively for hunting (Reply #70)

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Fri Jan 18, 2013, 10:42 AM

pipoman (16,038 posts)

70. Semi-automatic weapons are used extensively for hunting

and other lawful uses and have been for at least 8 decades..

Others may also say the Bill of Rights has nothing to do with "needs"..if we are going to only protect "needs", most of the Bill of Rights is unnecessary..

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96 replies	Author	Time	Post
Two words: "well regulated" are the answer to the whole thing. [View all]	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	OP
exactly.	veganlush	Jan 2013	#1
Yes, words have meaning.	Kalidurga	Jan 2013	#2
WRONG!	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#3
Your key words are wrong.	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#5
Hey! You commie pinko freak!	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#8
What about her?	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#10
Damn, man.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#14
Cheers!	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#19
I debated putting in a :sarcasm:, but I thought I was being obvious	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#23
Damn! I was about to go to DEFCON 2.	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#28
Yikes!	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#40
Yes.	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#41
But while wearing a blue dress will it give a BJ	madokie	Jan 2013	#66
Psst!	derby378	Jan 2013	#16
I've been hanging our these guys too long. My imitation must be dead on.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#26
the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.	Ptah	Jan 2013	#53
Whew...	WillyT	Jan 2013	#78
Why is there a comma between "right of the people..." and "shall not be denied"?	lastlib	Jan 2013	#7
Rules of grammar. Setting off the clause.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#9
Your grammar is confused.	immoderate	Jan 2013	#35
No.	lastlib	Jan 2013	#42
It does not say "be." Being is the verbal, in this case a gerund.	immoderate	Jan 2013	#47
In modern usage, those extra commas, make it, pretty much, gibberish	petronius	Jan 2013	#38
Two versions:	Ptah	Jan 2013	#54
18th century grammar rules were weak at best.	X_Digger	Jan 2013	#79
Well regulated does not tread on shall not be denied.	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#15
We're on the same page.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#27
FULLY AUTOMATIC FOR EVERYONE, NO BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED	Hugabear	Jan 2013	#81
When God wrote the Constitution...	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#82
A well regulated militia SHALL NOT BE DENIED.	rustydog	Jan 2013	#83
What?	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#94
Creeps? You really know how to talk to people.	bluerum	Jan 2013	#4
You win the prize for the catch phrase of the day! "Why are you so afraid?"	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#13
Concealed carry	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#17
"militia" is rather significant as well.	DirkGently	Jan 2013	#6
That there were two versions doesn't help matters either. For being such skilled writers, they	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2013	#22
Actually Madison drafted 20 amendments, reconstituted to 17 and then	Historic NY	Jan 2013	#55
Interesting draft. Seems to solidify the "military" nature of militias.	DirkGently	Jan 2013	#80
Can't have a militia without people	rrneck	Jan 2013	#11
Regulated does not deny.	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#20
True. nt	rrneck	Jan 2013	#25
But, it is "well regulated" militia.	mucifer	Jan 2013	#21
Sure it is.	rrneck	Jan 2013	#24
That mountain of case law is because the 2nd Amendment is so poorly written.	RC	Jan 2013	#34
Maybe.	rrneck	Jan 2013	#37
A militia was comprised of anyone with a gun.	immoderate	Jan 2013	#43
Brahahahahahahahahahahah... :::catches breath:::	RC	Jan 2013	#46
...and here I was feeling sorry for you...	immoderate	Jan 2013	#49
Title 10 › Subtitle A › Part I › Chapter 13 › § 311	davepc	Jan 2013	#86
White men with guns.	mucifer	Jan 2013	#58
LOL	immoderate	Jan 2013	#73
YESSSSSSS	Berserker	Jan 2013	#85
In Federalist #29, Hamilton discusses the problems of a standing army.	immoderate	Jan 2013	#39
This message was self-deleted by its author	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2013	#12
What is a 21st century militia ... is every domicile a militia? Every truck with a gun rack?	libdem4life	Jan 2013	#18
Who decides what "well regulated" means?	xoom	Jan 2013	#29
That should be what the debate is about	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#30
I agree completely.	xoom	Jan 2013	#31
The point IMHO	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2013	#32
It pretty clear if you read the constitutional debates....	Historic NY	Jan 2013	#56
No, the Constitution is very clear that it's Congress	Recursion	Jan 2013	#87
they emphasized WELL regulated	riverwalker	Jan 2013	#33
There are conflicting interpretations of those two words	onenote	Jan 2013	#36
then "well regulated" demands even closer scrutiny of owners!	grasswire	Jan 2013	#44
Gun owners today are neither well trained or regulated	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#61
Isn't the National Guard our militia?	cheyanne	Jan 2013	#45
Nope	sarisataka	Jan 2013	#50
No, the militia is defined in the 1947 National Security Act	Recursion	Jan 2013	#88
"Well regulated" isn't what matters, it's "infringed"	petronius	Jan 2013	#48
You can regulate without infringing	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#62
Which explains why	regjoe	Jan 2013	#64
IF YOU can't hit the target in 7 shots, you need to consider a new hobby	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#67
Not what you claimed	regjoe	Jan 2013	#68
Semi-automatic weapons are used extensively for hunting	pipoman	Jan 2013	#70
That's what I'm saying. I disagree that "well-regulated" is the key, because that	petronius	Jan 2013	#74
I'm regulated just fine, and I don't need you to tell me what the Second Amendment means	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#51
Yeah, But Antonin Scalia Could Use Some Help. (nt)	Paladin	Jan 2013	#71
Scalia specifically says that government can regulate guns	hack89	Jan 2013	#72
Yeah. Heller doesn't say what its proponents or opponents seem to think it says	Recursion	Jan 2013	#89
This is why we need a new constitution.	Great Caesars Ghost	Jan 2013	#52
Seriously...we would end up in civil war trying to draft a new constitution	davidn3600	Jan 2013	#60
What's the difference?	Great Caesars Ghost	Jan 2013	#77
What's the difference between a civil war and a civil cold war?	Recursion	Jan 2013	#90
With the way things are going, it is becoming inevitable.	Great Caesars Ghost	Jan 2013	#91
My firearms are in good	Riftaxe	Jan 2013	#57
you're wrong. the constititution is not interpreted by me or thee	cali	Jan 2013	#59
Those Mofos have seen only what they want to see in the Second Amendment for decades.	bluestate10	Jan 2013	#63
Damn I wish I could rec this a hundred times	madokie	Jan 2013	#65
lol you apperently have yet to learn the Republican Mantra, young Padawan...	Volaris	Jan 2013	#69
The bill of rights itself clarifies the significance of "well regulated". N/T	beevul	Jan 2013	#75
Exactly	libodem	Jan 2013	#76
Well regulated refers to the people. Not the weapon.	Heimer	Jan 2013	#84
So we can regulate how much amo one person can own.	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#95
How did you draw that conclusion? Nt	Heimer	Jan 2013	#96
I think you have a very good point.	Whovian	Jan 2013	#92
Ah... so only men should be allowed to own guns.	krispos42	Jan 2013	#93

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