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Message   Joe Nicholson    RAINBIRD   Time and the Costitut   December 12, 1995
 10:57 PM *   

 -=> Quoting Rainbird #273 @1618007*1 to Driztt #873 @1407002*1 <=-

 > What has time got to do with the constution ? Time dose not effect our other
 > rights why should it effect the 2 amendment

 R#@> At the time the constitution was written, there WAS NO STANDING
 R#@> ARMY, and each man was expected to help defend the nation.  THAT
 R#@> is the meaning of the term "militia."


Then why does Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution mention
BOTH a standing army and a militia?  If the former meaning was the
meaning of "militia" as you claim, it would be repetitive and stupid
to write "militia" into the Constitution.

And how could the president be the commander-in-chief of a standing
army if there was no standing army?  Wouldn't common sense dictate
that the framers of the Constitution wanted one?


... Ignorance is temporary; stupid is forever.
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