How you do you feel about gun rights?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Who was the militia at the time the amendment was written? Ordinary citizens.

It's very clear what the amendment means, and you are wrong.

I agree.

I submit the introductory phrase is the introductory justification for continuing to allow citizens to carry weaponry at large but not the limiting reason.

The justification given by Orange Ute is the flavor of the month for gun haters but it makes no sense. The militia was the citation of one of the reasons citizens should be allowed to own weaponry unimpaired.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I agree.

I submit the introductory phrase is the introductory justification for continuing to allow citizens to carry weaponry at large but not the limiting reason.

The justification given by Orange Ute is the flavor of the month for gun haters but it makes no sense. The militia was the citation of one of the reasons citizens should be allowed to own weaponry unimpaired.

How can citizens form a militia, if they have no weapons?

[OrangeUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Did you see I am Legend?

You can hunt almost anything.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

How can citizens form a militia, if they have no weapons?

They cannot.

Centralized governmental types want total security and total control.

[OrangeUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I agree.

I submit the introductory phrase is the introductory justification for continuing to allow citizens to carry weaponry at large but not the limiting reason.

The justification given by Orange Ute is the flavor of the month for gun haters but it makes no sense. The militia was the citation of one of the reasons citizens should be allowed to own weaponry unimpaired.

then why the phrase "well regulated militia"? IMO, you are wrong. The court's have left interpretation largely to legislation and regulation and have not addressed it. I can just as easily argue that the introductory phrase is a limiting phrase as you can that it is merely introductory. The fact is though, that self-defense and hunting rights have trumped my own interpretation, and I am fine with that.

[marsupial]

My home and children are safer without a gun as long as we have a curious, independent and frequently defiant little boy living under its roof.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by marsupial

My home and children are safer without a gun as long as we have a curious, independent and frequently defiant little boy living under its roof.

Safes and quick-access safes are the only way to go.

Too often people rely on other methods like 1) under the pillow 2) in the nightstand 3) hidden in the closet 4) under the mattress 5) in the super-duper secret hiding place 6) in the locked cabinet, with available key

You need a combination safe.

[Jeff Lebowski]

My wife visited her mother over the weekend. When she came home she handed me an old .38 pistol. She said she found it in her mother's kitchen cupboard. Another little easter egg left by my deceased father-in-law.

[marsupial]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Safes and quick-access safes are the only way to go.

Too often people rely on other methods like 1) under the pillow 2) in the nightstand 3) hidden in the closet 4) under the mattress 5) in the super-duper secret hiding place 6) in the locked cabinet, with available key

You need a combination safe.

He was undoing all the safety locks in our home before he was 2. At 6, I wouldn't put cracking the safe passed him. However, if an intruder enters your home with a gun, is a gun locked up in a combination safe going to be much good to you?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Safes and quick-access safes are the only way to go.

Too often people rely on other methods like 1) under the pillow 2) in the nightstand 3) hidden in the closet 4) under the mattress 5) in the super-duper secret hiding place 6) in the locked cabinet, with available key

You need a combination safe.

You can get a nice gunsafe for about 900 bucks. They are wonderful to keep children away and to protect guns against fires.