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I'm not exactly sure, but the phrasing was recycled and then chopped up and re-written and it's a bit of a mess. The prefatory clause is unnecessary and seems to be included as, like, an FYI or something. I dunno, it's weird.But it doesn't matter, when the Constitution refers to "the people" it refers to all individuals and not some subset of them.For reference, here's what the Virginia Declaration of Rights had to say:

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That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.

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It doesn't matter, when the Constitution refers to "the people" it refers to all individuals and not some subset of them.

I didn't make it up:

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the Court said that the people refers to those persons who are part of a national community,

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the Court commented on the meaning of the people in other parts of the Constitution, noting that the phrase appears seven times.
And in all six other provisions of the Constitution that mention ‘the people,’ the term unambiguously refers to all members of the political community, not an unspecified subset.
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Turns out you don't know what you're talking about.

You're full of shit.But I guess since you have to resort to arguing the person instead of the position then that just goes to show that I'm right on this one. I suppose I could thank you for that but I'm not gonna because you're being an asshole.

I'm tired of the personal attacks.

So 20-30% hugeness. That's consistent with my collection.I wonder how that amount compares to the amount of gun transfers that are happening in the dark.I'm not against background checks, but personally I'd rather hassle the people who are committing crimes than those who aren't.I guess "closing the loophole" would mean that every time I sell a gun I would have to go through an FFL? Essentially banning all private transfers, period? Yeah, that's federal. You can still be permitted to buy a machine gun if you pay a tax to the ATF and it was manufactured before 1986, iirc.I've shot a couple machine guns, one was a MAC-11 - what a hot mess. Ooh, straight to banning guns. Nice, thanks for being honest. We have that in Illinois and it's not working here. Maybe at a federal level it would have a bigger impact, but I dunno.Out of curiosity: How would you feel about a free speech license? Or a license for due process? What's the goal for that one?Could that goal be met with the penalties from criminal charges?

No, you're not. And you're breaking the rules. You haven't pointed to anything. You're just gossiping about irrelevant shit. You haven't cited shit. You're just talking about something I may or may not have said in the past. It's off topic and beside the point - i.e. completely useless. You're also wrong about the position I took.And I can't care less about the picture, liar. But why are you so interested in what I do or do not like? Why do you care about me personally? You don't know me nor what I think. That you're lying about me personally is pretty insulting though - although, it's sad and pathetic that you care about this at all.Also, you're retarded to think that I have to have the exact same position on every single thread. Hell, I like debates where I'm assigned a position.People can take a position in a debate that they are not emotionally involved in - well, not you, but people better than you can.Also, and you might want to sit down for this one: People's opinions can change.There are things I think these days that are different from things I've thought in the past. Whoopty-fucking-do! I'm not looking for an apology. I'm saying fuck you asshole.