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To: TERMINATTOR
Quite the contrary, The Supreme Court has covered this issue many times. The wording in the Constitution is simple
and unambiguous. The "people" in the Second Amendment are the same "people" in the First Amendment. The Supreme Court
has ruled that this refers to individuals (an individual right).
4 posted on 03/13/2004 11:54:23 AM PST by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: upcountryhorseman
The "people" in the Second Amendment are the same "people" in the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has ruled that this refers to individuals (an individual right).

Something I have never seen posited is that, even if the argument above were somehow incorrect, it does not FORBID an individual right. In that case, a parallel case could be made for the existence of an individual right under the 'unenumerated rights' clause.

If that clause can give enough room to murder babies, it (in absense of a specific Second Amendment protection) should cover me in defending myself.

It should, if it covers sodomy in the privacy of the bedroom, also cover weapons in the privacy of the gun safe in my bedroom.

S.A . arguments naturally take first prioriity, but a second line of defense (or second attack wave) never hurts.
35 posted on 03/13/2004 2:04:28 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
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