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Old December 24, 2012, 09:27 AM   #43
JimPage
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Over throw of government was part of the reason. Read the Federalist Papers.

If you think only muzzle loaders were included in the 2nd A, then you can't extend freedom of the press to radio, tv, indeed newspapers because they use electricity and not hand cranked printing presses.

The 2A means what it says. And "well regulated" in the language of the time means drilled, and equipped.

"the people" means all the people in the 2A just as the "the people" in the rest of the Constitution.

Generally you can't separate the Declaration of Independence from the Constition since essentially they are related having the same authors
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