The Right to Bear Arms

Peter M. Jennen

[Little Ray]

Hell, I can’t afford ammo for a modern tank! What does it cost per shot, $500?
(Checked on some surplus ammo for a 40mm - costs $10 per round if you buy in bulk. No imagine what a 120mm DSFSDU round would cost...)
MIGHT be able to afford a couple of shots with a rocket launcher or bazooka... Some of the old HE or HEAT stuff is pretty cheap.

[TigersEye]

The “and bear arms” part is good too. And clear. We can ‘keep’ them and when necessity arises we can ‘bear’ them. We don’t need permission to deal with threats. I am also very fond of “shall not be infringed.” For goodness sake the meaning of that is so clear any ten year old should be able to understand it with certainty. And I’m sure they would. Only an adult could play such mind games with such precise and efficient phrases.

[horsappl]

Agreed.

[Flag_This]

"followed by: if they can be armed like the military, why not tanks and bazookas...?"

One of the enumerated powers of Congress is to issue "letters of marque and reprisal" to privateers, authorizing them to attack enemy ships. Privateers were privately owned, heavily armed ships - probably one of the most powerful "weapon systems" of the 18th century. So yeah, why not a tank or bazooka, or a heavily armed ship?

[horsappl]

REGULATE
control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly: a hormone which regulates metabolism

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/regulate?q=regulated

Controlled militia or Maintained militia. “Maintained” is the logical usage in the context of the RKBA.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[TurboZamboni]

“You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916...We also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed.

We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.”

Barry’s right.I’m becoming a pirate.