[watchin]

We lose the argument as soon as we concede, incorrectly, that the second amendment was about hunting.

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

How can that be interpreted to mean "the government shall restrict the right of the people to bear arms to those appropriate only for hunting purposes"???

Since when is the US Constitution about recreation?

[Kevin OMalley]

Exactly. Ya stole my post.

Guns were always intended for protection, whether personal or against a tyrannical government or against the wilderness.

Isn't it possible that this guy was just hunting and returned fire against other hunters who shot at him out of anger, saving his life by virtue of the fact that he was in better position?

I remember several years back that even the ACLU weighed in on a case where a poor family bought a gun for protection in the city and they defended them because it was the cheapest way to obtain protection. I wish I remembered the details.

[boris]

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

The, Second, Amendment, contains, only, a single, comma.

[Beckwith]

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

It should be remembered that the British government and army at the time represented the lawful governing body of the Colonies. Because the colonists saw the government was unjust, they rebelled.

The founders saw that any future American government could become or threaten to become unjust. So they set their descendants up with the same rights to keep and bare arms for the simple purpose of balancing any government's natural acquisition of more and more power.

A militia is composed of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. The left's argument that militia, as stated in the 2nd Amendment, refers to the National Guard is a false argument. The National Guard, particularly after Clinton's 1993 Reduction in Force (RIF) made the Guard an integral component of the regular army. It is Clinton policy that has resulted in so may National Guard and reserve personnel being in Iraq.

My last observation is, what part of "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" don't the lefties understand?

Infringe: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another.