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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
People like to frame the 2nd amendment in the light of hunting, and I think that does it a great diservice.
The 2nd amendment was ment to enable the people to protect their rights, by force if voting failed, from outside governments, and our government.
The US government infrigning on this is no different than taking away parts of the 1st. One of the organizations that the 2nd was ment to protect us against is making laws to hinder it.
I don't give a damn if they let me own handguns to hunt deer, the 2nd ammendment isn't protecting my right to kill a deer with a .44 magnum. The 2nd ammendment protects me from Uncle Sam to own a mill spec M14 to defend my rights as part of the CT State Militia as my forefathers did. Just like the 1st protects me if I decide to speak out against the government.
This is why federal registration of gun owners gets me going. The very organization that the 2nd is ment to defend against wants a list of everyone with the ability to assert their rights. If individual states do it thats fine, but not the feds.
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Never attempted in any way to 'frame' the 2nd amendment in terms of hunting. You and mzsmbs are so quick to assume that anyone interested in applying 'keep and bear arms' to hunting are making a backdoor run at the protection against government afforded by the 2nd, that you miss the obvious. Allow me to quote Larry S. Moore -
"Understanding the Second Amendment is about more than just any one aspect of firearms – whether collecting, hunting, tactical shooting, CMP shooting or concealed carry. It is about understanding our unique American heritage, what our Founding Fathers laid down for us and protecting (what's left) of those freedoms.
My right to own the firearm of my choice is EXACTLY the reason the Second Amendment is ABOUT hunting. If I can't own the firearm of my choice I sure as hell can't go hunting with it. Period."
Full text of that article is here -
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6699