Re: The 2ed Amendment as a Gun Nuts Wet Dream

"Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Buckaroo Banzai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Steve, you can try and warp the meaning of those twenty-seven words in any
> > manner you like, but their meaning is quite clear to any clear-thinking
> > person.  The Goverment *cannot* infringe on the individual's right to keep
> > and bear arms.
> 
> As long as they are part of a well regulated militia, you are right.
> Otherwise, it can, has, and continues to "infringe" on individuals right to
> keep and bear arms.
> 
> Look at the court cases. You're wrong.

And since the government provides the weapons for today's well
regulated militia.... the 2ed amendment seems to have little meaning.
Though I suppose a case can be made that these weapons MUST be under
state control unless the Guard is federalized.