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1. Good stuff. This clause from your post is a good argument against...

Reply to WarGamer (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2022, 05:07 PM

May 2022

the strict constructionists who believe the Constitution should be interpreted as written.

"** There is no individual right to keep and bear arms in the Constitution? That is simply because the founders couldn't imagine a population without guns as in the 18th Century was a necessary and vital tool in each and every house."

Even the second sentence works against their stance that the Constitution has to be taken at its word as written.

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The reality of the 2A, "well regulated" and the "individual right to bear arms"... [View all] WarGamer May 2022 OP

Good stuff. This clause from your post is a good argument against... brush May 2022 #1

+1000 nt WarGamer May 2022 #2

The Constitution says what the Supreme Court says it does. asa4ever May 2022 #3

yup... WarGamer May 2022 #4

Two questions for ya': AndyS May 2022 #5

There's a lot of gray area in the Constitution... WarGamer May 2022 #6

I disagree. This entire bull shit about overthrowing the government is NRA AndyS May 2022 #9

again... WarGamer May 2022 #11

One more time slowly right back at ya' AndyS May 2022 #13

This could be a "key takeaway," as the OP says dpibel May 2022 #15

Even that I typed incorrectly... WarGamer May 2022 #18

My apologies... I warned you guys about my recall or lack thereof! WarGamer May 2022 #16

California has a volunteer militia called the California State Guard... AntiFascist May 2022 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author BusterMove May 2022 #8

The rights under the 2nd Amendment should not infringe on our inalienable rights doc03 May 2022 #10

Did you overlook a cite? dpibel May 2022 #12

My apologies... I warned you guys about my recall or lack thereof! WarGamer May 2022 #17

A few things. Igel May 2022 #14

Placing an awful lot of emphasis on the State Militias vs the federal army, BusterMove May 2022 #19