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In reply to the discussion: How creepy is this SOB? [View all]DiverDave
(5,261 posts)what 'well regulated militia" do you belong to?
But your the type that reads it the way YOU want to see it.
It's literal, you are NOT entitled to own a god damned machine gun.
I dont care what a bunch of idiots on the SC say.
As passed by the Congress and preserved in the National Archives:[32]
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, then-Secretary of State:[33]
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
What part of "a well regulated militia" dont you understand?
NO you dont. period.