Dave wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:10:10 GMT, JimC said:


Sounds like you are hoping for an interpretation in which the Court, in
essence, simply ignores or discards altogether the entire first clause
of the amendment. Of course, the rednecks claim that the "WELL
REGULATED militia" is simply "the people" (based on an obscure case
decided in the 19th century). - Absolutely absurd!


If I recall, Larry Tribe, who knows at least a thing or two about
Constitutional law did an about face on this issue, and has come to view the
2nd Amendment as not being so limited.

Of course simply labeling those who disagree with you "rednecks" is about
the weakest for of argument imaginable.

Dave (who knew Larry way back before he divorced his first wife)

Are you saying that you think that the "well regulated militia"
mentioned in the 2nd Amendment is the same thing as "the people"? Or put
another way, that the American citizenry constitutes a "well REGULATED
militia."

Jim