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To: Hoa Hao who wrote (94303)	1/8/2005 8:58:10 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

I don't have any idea what the framers of the Constitution thought about guns, but that's entirely beside the point. I was talking about the technique of construction, which is a process that isn't as easy as many seem to think. There are several schools of thought on this process. I believe in the "plain language" rule -- forget trying to divine the intent of the framers, go with what they said. But sometimes what they said is too ambiguous, so then it's time to try to divine what they intended. Many will tell you that they know what the framers thought, but as you demonstrated, that's not necessarily so. The primary reason, which I did not realize myself until last year, was that the proceedings were kept secret. James Madison did keep notes of the debates, but they were not published until 1840, after his death. And his notes are just that, his notes.