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Old 10-31-2017, 11:51 AM
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It would seem obvious that the FFs would have produced a clear concise central governing document of basic principles that wouldn't require a lawyer to understand.

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/05/15013/

http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-...ng-ultra-short
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Old 11-04-2017, 11:22 PM
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A seemingly rational generally reasonable defense of the second as currently still fully applicable.
http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndmea.html
Yet, assumptions remain in the 2nd amendment as religion faction.
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Old 11-05-2017, 06:11 PM
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I am not quite sure why a 'well regulated militia' was taken by so many here to mean 'untrained' as that was the least thing that the framers of the Constitution had in mind, but then there is this language barrier I suppose.
They meant "well regulated" by the government. This is why you only hear half of the 2nd quoted by pro gun-Nazis. The rest embarrasses them.
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