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Originally posted by cool_chick
Actually, Pat, it has nothing to do with "socialist leanings." It has to do with the way the ACLU and many have interpreted the 2nd amendment. They and some interpret it to mean a "well regulated militia having the right to bear arms"........which we have, we have a well armed militia in this country.
So no, it has nothing to do with "socialism", it has to do with their interpretation of 2nd amendment.
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I disagree. One merely need read the founders discussion of the right protected by the Second Amendment to have an understanding that there was no organized militia mentioned in the amendment. That's the difference in "a militia" and "the militia", one small word has huge meaning.
The Southern California Chapter used to have an anti-gun page on their website, eventually they took it down because it generated so much negative publicity.
ref:
http://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/2amteach/sources.htm