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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 998459" data-attributes="member: 14668">If, as you claim, the Founding Fathers had intended that only white male militia members could have guns, then the 2nd Amendment would read....&quot;the right of white male militia members to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&quot;Thats not how the amendment reads, is it?Not only has the Militia Act of 1791 been repealed , but nowhere in it does it state that only militia members are allowed to bear arms. So even if it were somehow relevant to a debate over the true meaning of the 2nd Amendment...nothing in it supports your assertion that I would have to surrender my guns at age 45.&quot;the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&quot;&quot;&quot;the people&quot;....it doesnt get much clearer than that, and not only does the Supreme Court agree with me, but the 38 states that are &quot;shall issue&quot; for carry permits agree with me. So do the state constitutions that gurantee the right of their citizens to keep and bear arms. And so do an estimated 150 million law abiding American gun owners.So you go right on ahead and quote repealed &quot;Militia Acts&quot; until you are blue in the face if it makes you feel better. I will keep on packing my Glock 26, and we will call it good.PEACE</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 998459, member: 14668"] If, as you claim, the Founding Fathers had intended that [I]only [/I]white male militia members could have guns, then the 2nd Amendment would read...."the right of white male militia members to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Thats not how the amendment reads, is it? Not only has the Militia Act of 1791 been [I]repealed [/I], but nowhere in it does it state that [I]only[/I] militia members are allowed to bear arms. So even if it [I]were[/I] somehow relevant to a debate over the true meaning of the 2nd Amendment...nothing in it supports your assertion that I would have to surrender my guns at age 45. "the right of [B][I][U]the people [/U][/I][/B]to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." "[B][I][U]"the people[/U][/I][/B]"....it doesnt get much clearer than that, and not only does the Supreme Court agree with me, but the 38 states that are "shall issue" for carry permits agree with me. So do the [B]state[/B] constitutions that gurantee the right of their citizens to keep and bear arms. And so do an estimated 150 million law abiding American gun owners. So you go right on ahead and quote repealed "Militia Acts" until you are blue in the face if it makes you feel better. I will keep on packing my Glock 26, and we will call it good. PEACE [/QUOTE]

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