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Um, tony, you sure you want to stand by that statement?

 

Anyhoo, Second Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Third Amendment: 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.

Second sure looks a lot more absolute to me.

 

Yes, you are right, the second amendment is far more absolute than any other one.

 

The Second Amendment or the second amendment? Cos I don't think that drug dealer with an automatic is necessarily part of a well-regulated militia.

 

Ding, ding, ding.

 

And I don't the words "In God we Trust" on the dollar bill or the court house putting up a manger scene are necessarily parts of the government establishing a religion.

 

Still wondering why we're thinking this is headed for lock, Tony?

Some warm-blooded folk have found their way to the thread.

 

I still don't think there's any reason to lock this thread ... other than liberals are being made to look silly again. ;D ;D ;D

 

That's not what it says. The first clause only points out that a well-regulated militia is necessary, not that anyone who owns a gun should be in that militia.

I'm more or less ambivalent to guns. I don't want to take away a law-abiding citizen's rights to own hunting rifles and weapons for personal protection, but if they were outlawed tomorrow for anyone other than military or police personnel it wouldn't break my heart.

But we need to be clear about one thing — the second amendment does not say one must be in a well-regulated militia in order to exercise the right to bear arms. Maybe some of us (including me at times) wish it did, but it just doesn't.

 

If that wasn't the aim, it wouldn't have been mentioned. The strict constructionists have a hole in their consistency with this one.

 

What's Tebow's interpretation?

 

Tebow is partial to the shotgun.