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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum
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To: chalu2 who wrote (3627)5/13/2000 10:40:00 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 13062
 
The second amendment says "the right of the people", not the right of the milita. The phrase about the well regulated gives support to the idea that the peoples right shall not be infringed but it does state any limitation of this right. The amendment does not say "the right of the milita", or the rights of milita members".
Furthermore by law (and by the law and customs at the time of the writing of the constitution as well) every able bodied male citizen is a member of the milita.

Tim
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