Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:54:51 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: drifter@stratos.net Cc: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980628145144.2460E-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980627202059.A392@stratos.net>
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On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 drifter@stratos.net wrote: > I realize that "A well-regulated militia, being necessary for the >defense of a free-society, the right to bear arms shall not be prohibited" >(that is not exactly verbatim, but close enough, if memory serves) is not >the most clearly-written part of the constitution. This is clear if one understands the term "militia" as folks did back in the day. Many states had well crafted plans for the organization of the militia. In Georgia (if memory serves) the militia was "every able bodied man over the age of 16." Furthermore, these men were required to maintain "one gun, so many grains of powder, and so many balls." If you examine militia the second amendment is utterly clear. Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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