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To: DMaA who wrote (94248)	1/8/2005 10:01:25 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 793756

That end of the firepower debate was settled early in the last century. "Separate but equal" was settled in the 19th century, too, but didn't remain settled in the 20th. Roe v. Wade was settled last century but I bet it doesn't remain settled in this one. despite the clear English of the Constitution Well, it's certainly not clear to me what they meant. I would argue that they meant that the people should be able to overthrow the government in the event that the government became tyrannical. If the government has nuclear weapons and the people don't, the people are certainly at a disadvantage. the clear intent of the Framers How on earth can we know what everybody who was at the Constitutional Convention thought about anything? Most did not keep notes. and the clear desire of a super majority of Americans Absolutely irrelevant for purposes of divining what the Second Amendment actually means. Unless you buy the "living breathing" method of interpretation.

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