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To: Little Ray
"Actually, the framer's intent is only unclear to folks who WANT it unclear. For everbody else, there are the Federalist Papers, which make the intent very clear indeed."

I liked that so much I decided it should be repeated.

And we also have James Madison's Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
31 posted on 06/05/2006 12:57:57 PM PDT by StJacques
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To: StJacques

Found the specific section that differentiates between the military and non military folks:

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/debates/0823.html



50 posted on 06/05/2006 1:12:58 PM PDT by Fighting Irish
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To: StJacques

Well regulated menas straight shooting in the parlance oif the day


94 posted on 06/05/2006 1:47:37 PM PDT by statered ("And you know what I mean.")
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