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Old 12-28-2006, 09:53 PM   #22
MaggieL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Why is that?
For starters, because it is enumerated as such in the Constitution.

For other supporting background, I'd recommend reading The Right to Keep and Bear Arms: Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the US Senate, 97th Congress
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