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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (239240)	3/17/2002 11:52:25 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) of 769670

For once, you are correct, as I stated in another message: In the US v Miller case the defendant was indicted for transporting a sawed-off shotgun through interstate commerce without a tax-stamp. The trial court dismissed the indictment, but the Supreme Court reinstated it. Its reasoning was that "it is not within judicial notice that a [sawed-off shotgun] is any part of the ordinary military equipment or that is use could contribute to the common defense." And thus protected under the Second Amendment as an implement of the "well-regulated militia." The sawed-off shotgun wasn't protected (and therefore could be taxed, or infringed) because it couldn't contribute to the common defense. Rifles, pistols, and non-sawed off shotguns can contribute and are therefore protected under the amendment. So welcome to the militia, my friend. If you follow your argument to the end, you should procure some rocket launchers so you will be properly equipped when called up. By the way, a sawed-off shotgun is the thing that resulted in the siege at Ruby Ridge. The government tried to sting Weaver by buying a sawed-off from him.

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