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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (142408)2/5/2002 4:22:31 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1578294
 
How many times have you heard an opponent of gun control cite the "right to keep and bear arms" without mentioning the introductory phrase "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state ..."? The amendment does not say "the right of militia members to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" it says "the right of the people".

In one of the Sup. Ct rulings I posted, the court ruled that they were linked. Do you feel the Ct's interpretation is incorrect?

As a simple matter of English grammar he first phrase does not place any limits on the second phrase. But if you insist on a limitation to the militia then most adult men and some women have a right to keep and bear arms. You would exclude some women but I don't think that just keeping guns from women is what you are trying to do.


What can I say.......the Sup.Ct disagrees.

ted
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