On 4/21/2013 12:35 PM, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2013-04-21, Trevor Wilson wrote:
"...well regulated militia..." do you not understand?
"Well regulated" at the time the Constitution was written meant "well
practiced" or "well trained."
**No. That is what YOU think it means. Either way, at the time the 2nd
Amendment was written, their was no official US armed forces. There is
now. And, it is the most formidable armed force on the planet. A
citizen's militia is now unnecessary.
Perhaps in Australia it is different,
but here in the U.S. one of the most fundamental axioms of law is that
the intent of the lawmaker is the force and effect of the law. You do
not get to change that effect simply because the popular use of a word
or phrase changes over time.
**Indeed. Which is why the 2nd Amendment is more tha 100 years overdue
for change.
Time for a change.
Hard to argue with that. Experts and world leaders throughout history
agree with you. Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler,
Pol Pot, Mao Tse-Tung, Kim Jung-Il, Musmammar Qaddafi, and others have
found central regulation and strict control over firearm ownership to
be quite effective in implementing their respective societies.
**That old chestnut. I'll bite.
List the SPECIFIC changes made to firearms laws by your cited people.
I'll start by explaining that it was the Weimar Republic that brought in
strict gun control laws. Hitler eased those laws considerably. To the
point where 10 year old children were armed to the teeth, with no adult
supervision. Just ask any US service people who entered Germany close to
the end of WWII. Many US army people were shot at by young children.
Anyway, let's see the rest of the list.
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Trevor Wilson
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