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Old 12-31-14, 11:59 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Dowly View Post
Personally, I think the 2nd Amendment has evolved, or maybe devolved, from what it was intended to be and today it covers the entirity of the right to bear arms, instead of right to bear arms to have a militia force to resist tyrannical government or foreign enemy.
That is not and has never been the only reason for the American peoples right to keep and bear arms. It's one reason certainly and a darned important one but the 2nd (or any other right for that matter) are not limited by what the government considers (however reluctantly) is valid justification.
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