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Old 04-29-2005, 02:03 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FAndy
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.

See that right there separating the two clauses?? Thats called a SEMICOLON.

Semicolon- A mark of punctuation used to connect independent clauses ... often used in place of "and".

I think this proves they were not refering to the militia.

Now officialy.. you can't.
-Argue the original intention of the Amendment
- or.. argue that its refering to the militia.

Nice addition of the semi-colon after the fact.

"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."

http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Amend.html

That is a government link.

Now to quote yourself:
Now officialy.. you can't.
-Argue the original intention of the Amendment
- or.. argue that it isn't refering to the militia