Guy Incognito
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Thomas Jefferson: "On every occasion...[of Constitutional interpretation] let us carry ourselves
back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates,
and instead of trying [to force] what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it,
[instead let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed." (June 12 1823, Letter to
William Johnson)
Samual Adams: "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United
States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." (Convention of the Commonwealth
of Mass., 86-87
Nuff said...
Quoting the Framers is like quoting the Bible, you can always find something to support your argument. Thomas Jefferson also described the establishment clause as a "wall of separation between church and state," but that doesn't make it law. We're talking about the wording of the Second Amendment itself. I don't see the word "peaceable" in the Second Amendment. Frankly, it's an contradiction that only '"peaceable" citizens should be allowed to keep and bear arms, how can you be "peacable" when fighting a war in a militia?? Probably that's why they didn't word it that way in the Second Amendment. But then again, I shouldn't speculate beyond what we know, and what we know is that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
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