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Eko

(9,122 posts)
14. Why yes.
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 06:40 PM
Jun 2017

"Washington had every expectation that "the people" would be armed with weapons equal in function to those carried by the military." You are using that to make the point that citizens should have the same weapons that the military does. When asked why you think Washington thought that your proof was that he signed the militia acts of 1792, which states "every citizen, so enrolled and notified", wait a minute, "the people" and "every citizen, so enrolled and notified" are the same thing? Cause you see, there is a qualifier on one of those that you fail to see, its the "so enrolled", as in being a member of the militia. Or, not the people, because not all are enrolled in the militia, only the ones in the militia. This argument also gives more weight that the founding fathers did not want all of "the people" to have military arms because once again, they added a qualifier,,,"so enrolled".
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It gets me wondering when your post is simply obfuscation... pbmus Jun 2017 #1
That still doesn't explain how you get from needledriver Jun 2017 #4
I am sure you are familiar with the word, modification.. pbmus Jun 2017 #5
And the number of bump fire stocks used in public shooting is...? needledriver Jun 2017 #7
Only you are talking about something only the FBI or local police would know? pbmus Jun 2017 #8
You have obviously ignored needledriver Jun 2017 #9
So you are concerned about the fact that the guns used by pbmus Jun 2017 #10
It's good that you recognize your limitations, and are thus withdrawing from the debate friendly_iconoclast Jun 2017 #12
My expertise is psychology and I do know that I had reached the end pbmus Jun 2017 #16
My rec brought it up to 157..n/t monmouth4 Jun 2017 #2
There is a point you are missing. Eko Jun 2017 #3
That video is just adorable needledriver Jun 2017 #6
1st off Eko Jun 2017 #11
Why, yes, there is... tortoise1956 Jun 2017 #13
Why yes. Eko Jun 2017 #14
Very civil response, tortoise1956 Jun 2017 #15
Thanks, Eko Jun 2017 #17
My pleasure, it's a very welcome change tortoise1956 Jun 2017 #19
You had a great point ("the people" vs "those Enrolled"). A good catch. jmg257 Jun 2017 #21
another point discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #22
18th century muskets melm00se Jun 2017 #20
Of course this is innaccurate - Accuracy is only important to shooters. Nt The Polack MSgt Jun 2017 #18
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