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On Fri, 04 May 2007 11:11:07 +0100, Laurence Payne
lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote:

On Fri, 04 May 2007 09:52:55 GMT, "Scout"
wrote:

The whole militia argument is bogus anyway. You need a militia until
the country is sufficiently organised to maintain a specialised army.

Except the whole idea was that the federal government would NEVER maintain a
specialized army or any army in a time of peace.

OK. So times have changed. You're not going to get the US Army
disbanded, even if it doesn't meet your reading of the constitution.

It doesn't, I think, prohibit a professional army. You're infering
that intention. Fine. Now infer the intention behind the right to
bear arms. (Clue: ...that bit about a militia.)


No, it is not. It is about a right of the people.