-=> Quoting Greer Braxtle to All on 12 Apr 98  17:12 <=-
 Re: Where does Ernie Padgette (NRA Director) REALLY stand? 
 AT>Your argument was pretty good, until the last sentence.
 AT>Here's why it falls apart at that sentence.
 EP> (big clip of 2AM issues)
 AT>While you may not consider a hand grenade to be a
 AT>"legitimate weapon of self-defense," it is still a 2nd
 AT>Amendment weapon, since it is a weapon commonly used by
 AT>the organized militia.
 
 EP>  We'll have to disagree on that point. "Organized militias"
 EP>  (assuming you're talking about the National Guard and State
 EP>  Militias) have everything up to and sometimes including tactical
 EP>  nukes. Explosives are outside my definition of "arms" protected
 EP>  by the Second Amendment. Ernie P.
 GB> What other 'arms' are also outside your definition, Ernie? What is
 GB> your stand on high capacity magazine loaded firearms such as M16/AR15
 GB> and other varients of military patterned firearms?  Are they, or are
 GB> they not, protected by the Second Amendment? 
Oh, we've had this discussion dozens of times, even before Ernie became a 
Director. He is pretty moderate, but he is certainly opposed to the 
"assault weapons" ban(s).
Steve
... In the woods we return to reason and faith. - Emerson
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