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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><<</SPAN>Not being a citizen of this country, you
probably do not know that this point has been widely debated in this country and
the courts have consistently interpreted the 2nd amendment as meaning that
citizens have the right to own guns. The refe rence to the militia needs
to be interpreted in the context of the time of the drafting of the constitution
when all able-bodied men were considered members of the militia.<SPAN
class=994190201-11062006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>George K. Cunningham<SPAN
class=994190201-11062006>>></SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>Not only is the above true, but the "militia
phrase" included in the 2nd</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>Amendment is NOT a controlling clause in either
ordinary English (then</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>or now) nor in legal
interpretations.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>It is an explanatory element and legal cases
and standards of</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>Constitutional analysis have long held
that such are not limiting</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>to the scope: The right being guaranteed
belongs to the people;</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>the government has an interest because such is
ESSENTIAL to</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>a free state.
</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>And everywhere in the Constitution where a
right is said to belong</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>to the people confirms this -- there is ZERO
chance that "people"</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>means the states in ONLY the 2nd Amendment but
guarantees an</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>individual right to various freedoms
elsewhere.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>Those who have any doubts on this should first
become knowledgeable</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG>by reading at least the
following:</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=994190201-11062006><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><STRONG>THE
UNABRIDGED SECOND AMENDMENT by J. Neil Schulman</STRONG></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1">(Includes
an analysis of by an expert in the English language)</P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-outline-level: 1"><<A
href="http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/unabridged.2nd.html">http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/unabridged.2nd.html</A>>
</P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><STRONG>The
Embarrassing Second Amendment</STRONG></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><A
href="http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/embar.html">http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/embar.html</A></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face=Arial></FONT> </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=994190201-11062006><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3></FONT>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><STRONG>The
Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, <BR>not a right of
States or a right restricted to persons serving in militias.</STRONG></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-outline-level: 1"><<A
href="http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm">http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm</A>>
</P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-outline-level: 1"><STRONG>1982
Senate Report on the RKBA</STRONG></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><A
href="http://www.pcpages.com/salhq/1982reportrkba.htm">http://www.pcpages.com/salhq/1982reportrkba.htm</A></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>As to the social benefits,
studies almost invariably show that guns save lives,</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>especially of the law abiding,
while the few which do not show this typically</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>show a wash between social
value of firearms for protection and detrimental</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>effects.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Using social utility to remove
the rights of law abiding citizens is practically</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>always a poor plan but doing
so when studies are much more likely to show</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>either no effect or the
opposite from those intended are just simply
criminal.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>We know for a fact that those
nations which engaged in strong gun control</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>were those which in the 20th
Century murdered upwards of 100,000,000</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>(that one HUNDRED MILLION)
human beings including a large percentage</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>of their own citizens (start
with the Nazis, Soviet Union, Maoists and work</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>from
there.)</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The Right to Keep and Bear
Arms is one of the oldest in terms of</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>historical recognition by free
people, and arguable THE OLDEST right</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>of a free human
being.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is in fact the one right
that protects all of the others we hold dear because</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>no matter how much be might
wish otherwise, there is no freedom without</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>the protection and enforcement
of armed people of good will.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><STRONG>Self-Defense:
A Basic Human Right</STRONG></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><A
href="http://www.a-human-right.com/introduction.html"><STRONG>http://www.a-human-right.com/introduction.html</STRONG></A></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1">
</P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><STRONG>John
R. Lott, Jr. - The Bias Against Guns</STRONG></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><A
href="http://www.johnlott.org/">http://www.johnlott.org/</A></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>John Lott's "More Guns, Less
Crime" is also well worth reading.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </P></FONT></SPAN>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-outline-level: 1"></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
class=994190201-11062006>--<BR></SPAN>Herb Martin</P></DIV>
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