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Gun Control & RKBA

Karadeniz

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1. I haven't read the post, but I've expressed the opinion that the 2A guarantees that states have the

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon Apr 10, 2023, 10:43 AM

Apr 2023

right to their own well regulated militias. I don't see that it empowers the feds to dictate policy to the states. Knowing the founding fathers distrust of how standing armies had been used for disruptive purposes elsewhere, they wanted to empower smaller, local defensive groups... and to go after slaves and Indians, which would have needed local groups, not the arming of everyone for a national defensive effort.

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"A Constitutional Conundrum of Second Amendment Commas" [View all] sl8 Apr 2023 OP

I haven't read the post, but I've expressed the opinion that the 2A guarantees that states have the Karadeniz Apr 2023 #1

Pick another BOR amendment. yagotme Jun 2023 #4

This is all total BS. If the GOP wanted to keep Americans safe they could do it. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #2

1939 Miller decision by supreme court jimmy the one Jun 2023 #3