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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
We've not answered because we're not certain, not legally anyway. There's been no firm legal precedent.
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This was the point I was getting at. People use the militia argument like it's the be all and end all of the subject, but it's not because there's really no clear definition as to who should actually be in a militia except to say that you have to be male and over 17. Oh hang on, that's a pretty clear definition, cept it doesn't mention that you have to be of sound mind or anything important like that.
If you can't defend the words as they're written, then surely you can't use the argument, regardless of the fact that the culture of American society has changed somewhat during the last 200 yrs or not. For example, let's suppose a dictator somehow came into power (hmmm or is in power) and decided to enforce that act as written because he had an adjenda that was sexist. Where would all the "I stand by our constitution because it's for the good of the country" people be then? Would you think it's worth changing or would you just say, "well that's what it says, so get back in the kitchen you women".
I also don't buy the argument about it being a free country. If it were free, people living there wouldn't be feeling oppressed. It's free for some.