Sunday, January 06, 2008

Here's Some Of The Ammo DC Is Using To Defend Its Gun Ban...

"The District deconstructs, in more ways than one, the language of the Constitution in order to argue that the Second Amendment protects only members of state militias from being disarmed by Congress.

Their linguistic arguments bear (no pun) on four points:

  • “Bear” is a strictly military term.
  • “Arms” is a strictly military term.
  • “Keep” is most often a military term and in this case means that members of the militia may “keep” on hand the “arms” that they’re required to available to them.
  • “People” means “members of state militias.”
For more click below and thanks for the link goes to The Smallest Minority...

Leibowitz's Canticle

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