Joonyah says that the problem with liberals is that they have forgotten their Basic English. He has submitted this example, which you will never see in a public school :
I think it would make a neat T-shirt, but woe to the child who wears it to English class.
For those who have forgotten, the diagram clearly points out that the militia is
- necessary to the security of a free state, is
- defined as the right of the people to keep and bear arms, and
- cannot be infringed by Congress.
Since the 2nd Amendment was passed subsequent to the ratification of the Constitution by the original 9 States, it clearly supersedes the powers enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 and the prohibition with respect to troops in Article 1, Section 10.
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After a Decade
6 years ago
"Shall not be infringed." It does not specify by whom. It's implication is that no entity, whether private or public, may infringe on the miltia, defined as the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It's intent is obviously with regard to military arms. That means not regulated, taxed, or otherwise INFRINGED.
ReplyDeleteA strict reading would say so. I was looking specifically at the powers of Congress (Article 1) for the next paragraph, but you are correct.
ReplyDeleteLiberty is a scary thing, eh?
Oh - 9 more last night.
From my very old, very used and falling apart dictionary:
ReplyDeleteInfringe (in frinj') vt. -fringed', -fring'ing [<L. in-, in + frangere, to break] to break (a law or pact)
And from Dad's thesaurus, also well used and falling apart, and printed 1961:
Infringe, v. disobey, violate, transgress (DISOBEDIENCE, NONOBSERVANCE), encroach, trench on, trespass (IMPROPERNESS)
Keeping in mind the Founding Fathers believed in natural law and were strongly influenced by the Bible, and you get quite the picture.
Michelle