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Originally Posted by noonereal
"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."
Nowhere does the second say that every law abiding citizen has the right ......
The NRA only cares about the profits made from gun sales and rallies the support of gun enthusiasts in any manner they can to this end.
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If you read various things written by the Founding Fathers, it is apparent how they felt on this matter. And there wasn't any national regulation until the machine gun ban in app 1936. Before that, you could buy a Thompson, sawed off shotgun, cannon, explosives, whatever your heart desired. Which sets a certain amount of precedence. About 160 years worth.
So, for app 160 years, everyone took the right to own a firearm as a constitutional right. Now, they didn't want you to sell them to the Indians, at least the hostiles, or to carry them while you were drunk in places like Dodge City, but this was pretty much localized. They even passed a law against concealed carry here in Missouri, somehow thinking that the James's and Younger's would abide by it. Or maybe, they would have the grounds to arrest them. Or perhaps people like them. But it was, and still is, legal to carry an iron on your hip in the Jackass State if you so desire. As long as it isn't concealed, or you have a permit to do so.
When Frank James surrendered, he walked into the State Capitol armed, and personally handed his weapon to the Missouri Governor. The debate wasn't about the 2nd Amendment at this time.
And by the way, the "National Republican Associatian" does not make a profit from the sale of firearms. Their only interest is in supporting the 2nd Amendment...they endorse Republicans and Democrats alike, based on this criteria only. While they do hold fundraisers, they are supported by their membership only. I believe they still sell surplus firearms that they receive from the DCM, a throwback to the days when the Government felt is was in their best interest to have the population already trained in the use of firearms before they were inducted into the military. They still hold training for the police, and I believe the military, and pony up something like 10K for the survivors of a policeman killed in the line of duty...no questions asked.
Have you ever seen the photograph of the poor Jew holding a small suitcase, followed by an endless line of Jews, sitting on the edge of a pit full of bodies, with a Nazi Officer holding a handgun to the back of his head, preparing to shoot him, along with the rest of the Jews, and push their cadavers into the pit? If it can happen there, it can happen here.
Believe it or not, the NRA, and their members, are your friend.
Chas