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58. Actually it's not....and, I'm not the one who is proclaiming their interpretation

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Reply #51)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 03:29 PM

Jun 2016

is on par with constitutional scholars..

I believe I have the right to protect my property and my loved ones. I don't believe the government is capable of providing that protection in each and every circumstance....which makes me, ultimately responsible for my own safety. I know that the best way to provide for my personal protection is a weapon that can both intimidate and deliver a lethal dose of metal, if needed.
The founders recognized this and enumerated the right to arms....not just guns, arms....as a means to provide defense of the individual both from the state and from those who would seek to take that which belonged to him.

and THAT is why I will never turn in my guns or register them with the government and I will certainly never agree to any policy that allows a government drone to compile a list that is used to deny rights to people who've not been convicted or even charged with a crime.

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K & R#5. That's how you do it! nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #2

this guy deserves a monument rurallib Jun 2016 #3

I didn't know the suspension of due process Press Virginia Jun 2016 #4

not allowing guns on the terrorist watch list is hugely popular La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #5

This is exactly why we have sarisataka Jun 2016 #7

i dont think the second amendment protects individual gun ownership La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #8

I also don't support sarisataka Jun 2016 #11

yes, and a more liberal court could reinterpret this. La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #13

based on what? Press Virginia Jun 2016 #23

A states right to have a militia such as the national guard La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #34

You realize that, under federal law, the militia is composed of everyone Press Virginia Jun 2016 #35

I realize that I am not the only one who interprets the second amendment this way La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #36

Oh...I would LOVE to hear YOUR rationale behind the idea of it being Press Virginia Jun 2016 #39

Stephen Bryer argued that Madison's intentions were not to give individuals rights to guns La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #45

Suddenly YOUR interpretation is that of what OTHER people have said Press Virginia Jun 2016 #48

yes, my interpretation is what others who are well versed in constitutional law say La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #49

Hahahahaha....all you're doing is regurgitating what others think Press Virginia Jun 2016 #50

ha ha! yours is the NRA interpretation. it's not original either. there are no original ideas La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #51

Actually it's not....and, I'm not the one who is proclaiming their interpretation Press Virginia Jun 2016 #58

actually you are either deliberately or otherwise misconstruing what i said La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #59

Mine comes directly from the Federalist Papers Press Virginia Jun 2016 #71

What of Breyer's interpretation in Maryland v King? Or, Scalia in Texas v Johnson... Marengo Jun 2016 #69

You have read the rest of the Constitutional provisions dealing with militias, haven't you? RiverNoord Jun 2016 #75

What is the militia if not the whole of the people? Press Virginia Jun 2016 #76

Um... RiverNoord Jun 2016 #77

Oh? So street preachers should be shut down, as they are not covered by the right to assemble? Press Virginia Jun 2016 #82

Street preachers are covered by the First Amendment right to free speech. RiverNoord Jun 2016 #83

Yeaaaaah...street preachers never draw a crowd Press Virginia Jun 2016 #84

False. I'm most certainly not in any militia. stone space Jun 2016 #85

So you support secret government lists that can be used to strip rights from people Press Virginia Jun 2016 #25

I think there should be due process to get off it La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #38

but not due process to get on it? So your rights must be violated FIRST Press Virginia Jun 2016 #40

I don't think individuals should be denied guns. However, ........... serbbral Jun 2016 #27

No "average citizen" can get an assault weapon. Press Virginia Jun 2016 #29

Oh, yes they can. serbbral Jun 2016 #53

Gosh. Can we bring back slavery if the idea gets popular too? Press Virginia Jun 2016 #22

Why should the average citizen have an oozy or an assault gun/weapon? serbbral Jun 2016 #28

Uzis are pistols and the average citizen can't afford an assault weapon. Press Virginia Jun 2016 #30

Well, they are getting them. serbbral Jun 2016 #41

no they aren't Press Virginia Jun 2016 #43

Yes they CAN. serbbral Jun 2016 #61

FBI Stats show that rifles OF ANY KIND account for 400 deaths/year Press Virginia Jun 2016 #66

Everyone but you seems to know what we are talking about. Gunz like these fools are sporting. Hoyt Jun 2016 #56

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LMAO Hoyt Jun 2016 #63

EXACTLY! serbbral Jun 2016 #65

What is an "oozy"? Please tell me that's a joke. Marengo Jun 2016 #70

LOL. this is maybe the dumbest form of hyperbole. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #57

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Speaking loudly. Sheepshank Jun 2016 #10

I called my reps office in DC to ask if she was there irisblue Jun 2016 #12

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