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NH: Mass shootings show ‘militia is not ‘well-regulated’
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Michael Dow writes frequently and eloquently in defense of the Second Amendment. I am writing to ask Mr. Dow to kindly explain exactly what, in his view, the Founding Fathers meant by the preambe “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State.” Those are the words of the Second Amendment that precede the words gun rights supporters are so fond of quoting. Mr. Dow asserts that the Constitution is a static document that must be taken word for word exactly as written. OK, then. Please explain those words, if the Founding Fathers witnessed a nutcase firing a sporting weapon into a crowd, they would consider that to be poorly regulated. |
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| Comment by:
MarkHamTownsend
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| Of course, we ALL know that in the Founders' time, there were no murderers or other criminals, because it was utopia back then. (/sarcasm) |
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