In 1950 the World Book had one comma in the amendment. By
1965 they had switched to two. The Britannica made a switch
a few years ago. For some reason, new editions of history
texts changed the punctuation. Congress did not send any
amendments to the States and there has been no
ratifications. But the Constitution has been changed by
what/who?
| *I* don't have *any* commas. It was copy and pasted.
|
| -
| Jim Macklin stood up at show-n-tell, in
| (e-mail address removed), and said:
|
| > You have two to many commas, it was adopted with only
one...
| > A well regulated militia being necessary to the security
of
| > a free state,
| > the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not
be
| > infringed
| >
| > The first parts says why and the second part defines the
| > right. Sometime in the past 100 years or so, somebody
began
| > to alter the punctuation.
| >
| > With three commas it can be read as ...A well regulated
| > militia shall not be infringed. But since the militia is
| > fully recognized in the body of the Constitution and the
| > Bill of Rights was intended to protect individual rights
| > that make no sense at all.
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | >>
| >> Amendment II
| >> A well regulated militia, being necessary to the
security
| > of a free state,
| >> the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall
not
| > be infringed.
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> Why, on earth, would Bill Gates be concerned with that?
| >>
| >>
| >> -
| >> Jim Macklin stood up at show-n-tell, in
| >> (e-mail address removed), and said:
| >>
| >>> I just wish that Bill Gates supported the Bill of
| > Rights,
| >>> particularly the Second Amendment.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> | >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>
| >
| >>>>> Tom Scales wrote:
| >>>>>> His annual tax bill for his house is more than what
| > my house cost.
| >>>>>> (used to live in Austin). He flies to work on his
helicopter.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> Do any of you???
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>> So what! we come into this world with nothing and we
| >>> leave with
| >>>> nothing....
| >>>>
| >>>> It's kinda nice to have something while we're
here.....
| >>
| >> --
| >> Strontium
| >>
| >> "And, all of your lies weren't enough to keep
me....here."
| >>
| >> - Goo Goo Dolls
|
| --
| Strontium
|
| "And, all of your lies weren't enough to keep me....here."
|
| - Goo Goo Dolls
|
|