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Originally posted by gothweb
The right to bear arms does not extend to individuals, except as members of a militia. It is nice to see the 9th circuit court confirming this, but it means a lot more that the US Supreme Court has upheld this basic position a number of times. Maybe some day extremists will see that the constitution isn't set up so we can violently kill one another with impugnity. If it weren't for a multi-million dollar lobby, our "gun rights" wouldn't still over-rule our "not being dead" rights.
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Uh, actually that is an old argument, and quite false. Most militia's at the time of the bill of rights were private militias, raised by a few gentlemen here and there and commanded by the the local yocals.
That, and the design of the document, (duh, its called bill of rights) and later statements by the authors all confirm that its individual owners that are protected, not state armies.
The 9th circuit smokes crack, pay no attention.