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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
29. Word, words, words.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 05:18 PM
Dec 2015

Meaningless gibberish.

You actually get away with this? This is a winning argument?

I missed "something" in school and this is all above my intelligence level?

I think a Third Grader could look at the Second Amendment and figure out when it starts "A well-regulated militia" has to have something to do with a well-regulated militia.

They don't teach you to ignore the words in the Constitution cause you don't like them. Unless your taking a class from Scalia.

And the 1st amendment was never meant to give corporations speech=money rights. valerief Dec 2015 #1
If a conservative administration decided that Democratic Underground, LLC had no 1A rights... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #38
Presumably, real people post & discuss on this board. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #78
What about op-eds? Or endorsements, for that matter friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #82
You are a celeb! LOL you were quoted on Thom's show this week. randys1 Dec 2015 #54
Thanks. We DO need to understand and appreciate history. elleng Dec 2015 #2
So the folks who intended a collective right went back to their respective states.. X_Digger Dec 2015 #3
The "right" you are imagining... yallerdawg Dec 2015 #8
Umm, no. The right exists, everywhere. That doesn't make any restriction impossible. X_Digger Dec 2015 #11
Being necessary to the security of a free State. How secure is a free state with armed nut jobs? nt Xipe Totec Dec 2015 #4
That's for darn sure. Remember the Cliven Bundy skirmish. Hoyt Dec 2015 #24
Not if you're Scalia Nevernose Dec 2015 #34
Regulation is essential to the 2nd Amendment's purpose ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #5
This x1000000 Docreed2003 Dec 2015 #79
Thanks for highlighting the "Well Regulated" Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #80
... Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #6
Then why is it a part of the Bill of Rights? LittleBlue Dec 2015 #7
Exactly! yallerdawg Dec 2015 #12
How many fucking times does this have to be said, GGJohn Dec 2015 #14
Many times, apparently. beevul Dec 2015 #20
What you all want is semantics and debate. yallerdawg Dec 2015 #23
No, this is a fundamental aspect of our government that you seem to have missed. X_Digger Dec 2015 #25
Word, words, words. yallerdawg Dec 2015 #29
Rights aren't granted by the bill of rights. Lets start there. X_Digger Dec 2015 #31
There you go! yallerdawg Dec 2015 #32
Should I use smaller words? Smaller sentences? Limit my vocabulary? X_Digger Dec 2015 #33
When the governed... yallerdawg Dec 2015 #39
*sigh* You missed it again, didn't you? X_Digger Dec 2015 #40
Give it up X_Digger, some people just don't get it or are intentionally obtuse. eom. GGJohn Dec 2015 #43
Apparently so. I have a bruise on my forehead from pounding it on my desk. n/t X_Digger Dec 2015 #45
You do know this is a Democratic website. yallerdawg Dec 2015 #46
Please go read a book on the Enlightenment. Locke, Rousseau, Hobbes. X_Digger Dec 2015 #50
How about this...the bill of rights is a set of instructions from the governed to the governors tha Augiedog Dec 2015 #48
Thank you, A'dog! yallerdawg Dec 2015 #53
One minor problem with your theory. beevul Dec 2015 #65
The bill of rights was promised to the states even though promulgated at a later date. No bill of Augiedog Dec 2015 #70
All incidental. beevul Dec 2015 #71
I agree totally, thus my contention that the second amendment first must be recognized for what it Augiedog Dec 2015 #72
Calling weapons 'military grade' that aren't, doesn't help your case. N/T beevul Dec 2015 #73
I'm sad you missed my point. If it helps, please ignore that last sentence. Better yet, ignore me. Augiedog Dec 2015 #75
"members who may be armed in defense of the state must belong to the militia" jmg257 Dec 2015 #77
Any perfunctory reading of post revolutionary history will provide the context in which the bill of Augiedog Dec 2015 #81
I can think of a gesture that would be appropriate for that poster... Scootaloo Dec 2015 #76
Is that what you call a general lack of understanding of the pertinent subject matter... beevul Dec 2015 #26
Point me to the clause in the Second Amendment TeddyR Dec 2015 #19
You lost me. yallerdawg Dec 2015 #22
Why would it specify the condition in the majority of the amendment... beevul Dec 2015 #28
The militia is/was not the people...it excluded women, slaves and anyone who had self worth of less Augiedog Dec 2015 #44
Wait - so the militia was NOT "the people". But the people ARE the ones jmg257 Dec 2015 #74
unfortunately it is in the form of a... lame54 Dec 2015 #37
Here they come. Kingofalldems Dec 2015 #9
k/r Orrex Dec 2015 #10
Wrong, this article is total bullshit and should be ignored. Major Hogwash Dec 2015 #13
You're wrong ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #16
Get busy, Dorothy. Push for repeal or advanced degrees in grammar. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #15
"The Second Amendment Was Never Meant to Protect an Individual’s Right to a Gun" EX500rider Dec 2015 #17
Sure it does! Rex Dec 2015 #18
K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #21
Ah - the 2nd IS only for militia purposes? So we can buy M16s and M4s and M9 now? jmg257 Dec 2015 #27
Metallica iranianguy Dec 2015 #30
Awesome, is in the 'Eye Of The Beholder'. beevul Dec 2015 #35
" necessary to the security of a free State" ErikJ Dec 2015 #36
"The #2 Amend now THREATENS the security of a free state." Then stop complaining and get it repealed friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #41
Michael Moore is right: yallerdawg Dec 2015 #42
Hyperbole isn't a winning strategy for fun the pro-restrictionists aikoaiko Dec 2015 #47
Supporting gun restrictions helps the NRA? yallerdawg Dec 2015 #52
Can you find a graphic that shows suicide and homicide rates that include all methods? pediatricmedic Dec 2015 #51
See my post #63 EX500rider Dec 2015 #64
What a BS graph....Japan has a suicide rate of 18.5 per 100,000... EX500rider Dec 2015 #63
Gun death rates are BS? yallerdawg Dec 2015 #66
yes the US rate is also in a downward trend: EX500rider Dec 2015 #67
Apples and oranges again. yallerdawg Dec 2015 #68
The US and Australia both having dropping homicides rates is not: EX500rider Dec 2015 #69
President Obama disagrees with the OP. former9thward Dec 2015 #49
And... yallerdawg Dec 2015 #55
And ... former9thward Dec 2015 #57
The article is about how we got here. yallerdawg Dec 2015 #62
Everyone knows no a single gun was owned privately before the Heller decision. ileus Dec 2015 #56
K&R! Keep it up. Photographer Dec 2015 #58
Yeah, the ridiculous claim that it isn’t about individual rigjts pipoman Dec 2015 #59
To anyone who believes the 2A doesn't protect an individual right to possess firearms, branford Dec 2015 #60
Does this mean that the Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #61
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