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Nothing about abortion either.There's nothing in the Constitution about a concealed carry.
No one is running around calling it "constitutional terminations" either.
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Nothing about abortion either.There's nothing in the Constitution about a concealed carry.
And from the Constitutional debates-
Thomas Jefferson said, "No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Tench Coxe, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (1789), said, "The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."
Noah Webster said, "The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops."
In Federalist Paper No. 46, James Madison said the Constitution "preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached,. . . forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition. . . ."
Too bad the facts are no longer taught in institutes of what are supposed to be higher education.
I believe you left out some of the arguments against the gun-toting advocates which...eventually....prompted the writers to SPECIFICALLY mention the need for a militia.
Doesn't surprise me.
Many Mainers have been and always will be armed. Hell. Guns on a rack in the truck.
I lived in NH for twenty plus years and have been to Maine many times so I've always seen Mainers armed.
Smart is what they are.
"Constitutional carry"There's nothing in the Constitution about a concealed carry.
The only shooting there was the cops shooting a guy who did not have an actual gun, and who shot no one - much to your chagrin.I wonder if Maine is going to be the site of the next theater shooting.
There was yet another one just TODAY that happened in TN.
Meaningless question, as the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.Does that mean that all those Maine residents who will be "carrying" concealed weapons are automatically enlisted in a militia?
Why do you choose to make these irrelevant statements regarding the militia?Because the Second Amendment specifically talks about a "well regulated militia".Why would they need to be enlisted in a militia?Does that mean that all those Maine residents who will be "carrying" concealed weapons are automatically enlisted in a militia?
No.Well, maybe I was taking the 2nd Amendment too literally.Why would they need to be enlisted in a militia?
They did.Direct citation:it gives the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to the People, not the militia.
"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."
Let others judge.
Your opinion on this matter does not repeal the 2nd Amendment.Yanno..................ever since we formed up the Armed Forces and the National Guard, there really isn't any reason any more for a militia....
......and, (as an aside) Bernie Sanders is a big supporter of guns. Any conservatives out there thinking of supporting Bernie? LOLHas Vermont had one?
Damn. Free speech sucks.I stand corrected.....to some extent.....But,
.....just over half (51 percent) of the members of Congress that convenes next month have received funding from the National Rifle Association’s political action committee at some point in their political careers
This is a lie.Of you're referring to the NRA, please bear in mind that the vast majority of their funding comes from gun-manufacturers and some of the biggest contributors are foreign ones.An organization completely unsupported by taxpayers, unlike Planned Parenthood and ACORN.
Again,... free speech sucks.Indeed....the NRA likes to use extortion, like threatening candidates who won't play ball with them by opting to fund their opponents.Odd, I don't see the NRA on that list.
I did notice the Koch brothers at #48 on the list.
Does that mean that all those Maine residents who will be "carrying" concealed weapons are automatically enlisted in a militia?
Why would they need to be enlisted in a militia?
Because the Second Amendment specifically talks about a "well regulated militia".
Does that mean that all those Maine residents who will be "carrying" concealed weapons are automatically enlisted in a militia?
Why would they need to be enlisted in a militia?
Because the Second Amendment specifically talks about a "well regulated militia".
and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home
"Such as".... meaning there are other purposes covered by the 2nd.Well, since Mainers can carry their concealed gun when they go shopping at Walmart, "self-defense within the home" makes that person's house a pretty BIG one, don't you think?and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home
and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home
Well, since Mainers can carry their concealed gun when they go shopping at Walmart, "self-defense within the home" makes that person's house a pretty BIG one, don't you think?