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archagontoday at 12:11 AM1 replyview on HN

Congress defines… historical precedent… but we were talking about a plain-text reading of the Constitution.


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mothballedtoday at 12:45 AM

We weren't, if we were this conversation couldn't get here. If we were you couldn't play the militia fuck fuck game, since the right to keep and bear arms is ascribed to the people and not the militia.

The answer is easy in the plain-text case, whether you are associated with the militia is moot, as the plain text unambiguously says the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

It's only in the non plaintext case can you start handwaving that right is restricted to militia yada yada.

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