[GGCoolPeopleTalk] Slain Israeli Professor Saved Others in Va. Tech Massacre

M Holmes fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK
Fri Apr 20 12:08:19 EDT 2007


tim elliott writes:

> *Second Amendment:*  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.
>  How does that translate to handguns for private use; it seems that the
> right to guns ties in with the citizen militia, not the nutcase who has to
> have 6 dozen assorted pistols, rifles,rocket launchers, etc

Jeese, two minutes on the web and you could have read the Washington DC
Supreme decision that says otherwise.  Two and a half minutes and you
could have read works by the Framers that make it plenty clear they
meant personal firearms and they just weren't as good as Lynn Truss at
punctuation. 

FoFP



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