How can the left

[canndo]

Not defensive at all. "Well regulated militia" means a group of citizens who are armed with military grade weapons, and who are practiced and competent in their use. It was a prefatory clause in 2A and gives the underlying rationale as to why the congress cannot infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It means, today, what it meant when the bill of rights was ratified; the constitution is not "alive".

Since you seem interested in the subject, what does the phrase mean to you?

I was reflecting on the fact that you seem to believe you need to interpret what it means - indicating that perhaps the document IS dead. A dead document to my way of thinking is not useful to live people in live situations.

 

[FlyLikeAnEagle]

Like the second amendment, I leave it to individuals to become practiced and competent. Again, like the second amendment, I require no "checks and balances".

Well then that throws the whole 'well regulated' out the window, doesn't it? What you're suggesting is 'No regulated'.

Why are you being defensive about this? Since you seem interested in the subject, what does the phrase mean to you?

You are quite the abrasive individual, arent ya. I ask a simple question and you respond with name calling and everything else. Do you display this disagreeable nature in real life?

[h=2]well-regulated[/h] [h=3]Definitions[/h] [h=4]adjective[/h] (of a business, military outfit, routine, etc) controlled or supervised to conform to rules, regulations

 

[desert dude]

I was reflecting on the fact that you seem to believe you need to interpret what it means - indicating that perhaps the document IS dead. A dead document to my way of thinking is not useful to live people in live situations.

By all means, amend the constitution to be more useful. If you can get that done, I will abide.

 

[desert dude]

Well then that throws the whole 'well regulated' out the window, doesn't it? What you're suggesting is 'No regulated'.



You are quite the abrasive individual, arent ya. I ask a simple question and you respond with name calling and everything else. Do you display this disagreeable nature in real life?

well-regulated

Definitions

adjective

(of a business, military outfit, routine, etc) controlled or supervised to conform to rules, regulations

I don't recall being the least bit abrasive, or any name calling. Are you sure it was me that called you names?

The definition you cite is not the definition that the authors of the bill of rights used.

 

[cannabineer]

Absofuckingpositively. That is my point, If you are pro gun you had better be pro abortion. If you are anti-abortion you shure as shit should be anti-gun. And, because the Constition makes no nevermind - we can all be anti-violence together. Furthermore we can encourage our friends and neighbors not to have abortions and not to shoot children.

I don't see the correlation as absolute. Pro-gun, pro-choice does not bring with it a different valuation of a citizen's life than does anti-gun, anti-choice. This is a spurious argument on which you're basing a proposed moral axiom. I suspect you're being satirical, but in text that is hard to tell, and sending your interlocutors into contortions while they treat your proposals at face value might be fun for you ... but not so nice for those who give honest answers to a setup question. cn