[TheForge] OT, but I Just have to ask...

[Bruce Freeman]

Or, technically no.  

Since the Constitution became the law of the land in 1789 (?), ONLY
arms that existed then would apply.  Flintlock and matchlock
muzzle-loaders.  Maybe a cannon drawn by horses.  Bows, crossbows, no
composite materials or compound actions...

Two can play the semantics game.

>>> douglass at ptdcs2.ra.intel.com 1/12/2005 12:00:31 PM >>>
Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
> Andy,
> 
> This is old hat.
> 
> Yes, we have the right to keep and bear arms.  Does that mean I can
> "keep and bear" a howitzer?
Technically , yes. The 2nd amendment does not specify what type of
arms
can be kept.

Ralph

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