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To: Olog-hai

Finally a judge that understands that “arms” means more than guns. In the time of the founding fathers “arms” were basically anything a citizen required to effectively defend themselves or their country if so required. In the founders day that would have been guns, but it also would have included swords, bayonets, knives, even cannons (if you could afford one). Today that would include all of the above, plus things like body armor, night vision equipment, perhaps even grenades.


12 posted on 03/23/2019 3:25:58 AM PDT by apillar
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To: apillar

>>and lawsuits

Anti-2A types get really confused and agitated when I explain to them that Letters of Marque and Reprisal, which are in the Constitution, imply that private citizens might actually own cannons and ships well-armed enough to be considered warships.


19 posted on 03/23/2019 7:10:32 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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