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Originally Posted by icileparadise
Wait, I'm not an American but I thought the 2nd Ammendment says right to bear arms and militia meant: ( and here's my gap in understanding) At that time the said Amendt. was written the American militia defeated the Brits. To me the militia in the 2nd Amendt actually refers to the Armed forces as it was then - The USA Army as it is known today? N'est pas?
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At the time of the founders, we had an army AND militias. The army was not enough to defeat the British, and it was the militias that allowed America to win.
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12-06-2007, 02:27 PM
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