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Moderated By: arno -- (Moderated) -- Started: 6/28/1998 12:30:00 PM  Revision History "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. " ...2nd Amendment To the United States Constitution Hmm. What does that mean in English? Go to: The Unabridged Second Amendment shadeslanding.com  Personally, I think you can go to State firearm laws and get the original intent of the 2nd Amendment. All the states are listed at: State-by-State Firearm Laws nra.org  For example: From Indiana: "The people shall have a right to bear arms, for the defense of themselves and the State." Article 1 Section 32. Notice how the vast majority of State Constitutions make the Right a little clearer? Now, for a good, if not long, treatise on the 2nd Amendment: The Embarrassing Second Amendment shadeslanding.com  Now, for the legal definition of militia, from the Federal Code: 10 USC Sec. 311 (01-16-96)http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/311.shtml . Interesting! Now, what some people in Congress have to say: REPORT of the SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION nidlink.com  Now, what some Doctors have to say: violence.txt at ca-rkba.org  What do academics have to say? A great source for scholarship on the 2nd Amendment can be found at Second Amendment Law Library 2ndlawlib.org  What about all the handgun deaths! Outlaw them! Well, let's have a look at some muses on this point: Heartland Policy Study Taking Aim at Gun Control heartland.org  Funk N.W. U. Journal of Law and Criminology users.ox.ac.uk  Finally, the latest from the Supreme Court on it's ruling of the "Brady Bill". It was not argued as a 2nd Amendment issue, but as a 10th Amendment issue. Check it out: JAY PRINTZ, SHERIFF/CORONER, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA, PETITIONER 95-1478 v. UNITED STATES RICHARD MACK, PETITIONER 95-1503 supct.law.cornell.edu  Notice what Judge Thomas says at the end? Someday... Now, for the organizations: NRA.org (National Rifle Association) Home Page nra.org  Gun Owners of America gunowners.org  For a Pro/Con debate, visit PBS's FRONTLINE Guns Pro and Con pbs.org  Finally, keep in mind that the U.N., yes the U.N., wants our guns. They actually have TOO many resolutions to list here. Just go to United Nations Home Page and do a search on "guns", "firearms", etc. A real "eye opener"... un.org

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8350	Ok, we'll let you know when we do this again.	Carolyn	-	06/27/2012 12:15 PM
8349	That would be great fun - haven't been there in years.	d[-_-]b	-	06/27/2012 12:03 PM
8348	No - however we tried to lie about the cause even with all the firecracker paper	d[-_-]b	-	06/27/2012 12:01 PM
8347	Wow! As a kid at the time did you think you were going to be sent to a reform s	Wayners	-	06/27/2012 11:58 AM
8346	You live in Olympia? Several times a year KLP, Neeka, and I meet at Falls Terrac	Carolyn	-	06/27/2012 11:52 AM
8345	Yes we were. My mother and uncle have property up in Colville, WA area on Lake	d[-_-]b	-	06/27/2012 11:35 AM
8344	You are lucky indeed. I was back packing in the Selway-Bitterroot wilderness in	ManyMoose	-	06/27/2012 11:24 AM
8343	July 4th 1974 - fish lake, Oregon (age 14), camping with my scout buddies - lead	d[-_-]b	-	06/27/2012 10:34 AM
8342	Me too! if I worked for the Border Patrol I'd form a group and demand the po	ManyMoose	1	06/26/2012 11:07 PM
8341	I was at sleepy creek state park in WV having a good ole time with tracers round	Wayners	-	06/26/2012 10:31 PM
8340	Just the simple truth!	Farmboy	-	06/26/2012 10:29 PM