[lbo-talk] the Bush style of clemency: love your gun

Percival Myers permaceaem at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 09:01:36 PST 2008


On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 7:48 PM, John Thornton wrote:


> Do people who don't hold to the exclusively militia reading "cleave" to
> their reading as well or is that sentiment restricted to gun control
> advocates?

What?


> Until just recently

That would be the Heller case. The Miller case was bad case law, Heller does not go far enough to rectify it.


> this has long been the interpretation of the 2nd
> amendment rather than something "normally favored by gun control advocates".

You seem to be referring to the "collective v individual" argument, but you do not make that clear.


> Many years ago a law professor and constitution scholar explained why this
> interpretation had historically held sway and why it was far more likely the
> framers intent.

If you mean Laurence Tribe, he's most recently held that the Second Amendment confers and individual right.

Have you gone out and bought an AR-15 (aka an Evil Black Rifle) lately? Perhaps you should. Then try to upgrade it to full-auto or three-shot burst and then fit it with a sound suppressor, like what the opposition has. Tell us about how your ability to do that has not been infringed.


> Not that I hold the constitution or the framers intentions sacrosanct.

Unlike the 1st Amendment. Or the 5th. Some others.


> We should be able to modify or replace it as desired.

Ladies and children first.

Oops, royalty and their chosen, first.

Bah.



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