On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 20:53:35 -0600, "NotMe" wrote:


"harry" wrote in message
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On Jan 31, 5:38 pm, nestork wrote:
I think the writing is on the wall. Nothing's going to change today,
nor tomorrow, but things are going to change so far as assault rifles go
in the US.

That Sandy Hook shooting affected the American conscious more than any
other, and most Americans now believe SOMETHING needs to be done.

I think it was Thomas Jefferson that said that not being able to change
a country's constitution is like requiring a person to wear the same
clothing throughout their whole life.

What all the gun nuts ignore is it says "a WELL REGULATED militia".

It also says "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED". Because you don't understand
plain English, or the even the meaning of the words by themselves,
doesn't change the meaning of the sentence.

ie the government. Not every toe rag in town owning a gun

You're wrong, but you've been told that a hundred times. IOW, you've
crossed the line from ignorant to willfully stupid.

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Some scholars interpret that as intended as a means to control/limit
government. Or, more so, to act when the government cannot.

"Some scholars"? That was the *clear* meaning of the authors and
those who passed the BoR. SCotUS agrees. Sorry, but you flunked the
simple logic test.

I recall Katrina where the LEO were effectively inoperable for near two
weeks.

There were members of the community that banded together to protect
themselves and theirs. Which BTW does constitute a 'well regulated militia.

Actually, if you had any brains you would know that it certainly does.

then there were the likes of Blackwater (who came with fully automatic
military not military style weapons) who were paid by the got rocks.

Idiot.