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

[blacksmith at comcast.net]

If you're going to get picky, how about the part that says "A well-regulated militia being necessary.."?  I know several people in my neighborhood who shouldn't be allowed to own slingshots.

Murf
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> Bruce Freeman wrote: 
> > 
> > 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. 
> This is true. But I ask where exactly does it say in the Constition that 
> only the things at the time of the signing or ratification are allowed? 
> Otherwise we have about 37 states too many. 
> 
> Ralph 
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