Of course, the state and federal constittions are not the same document, but Maine's would be hard to misinterpret with... [MORE]

isirajo

Nov 27, 2007 20:54

John Adams, author of the Massachusettes Constitution, and its included Declaration of Rights, wrote in Article 1: "... the right... [MORE]

jcr

Nov 27, 2007 15:41

As a Jewess in the US, I just want to ask: Shouldn't we ALL put our precious 2nd Amendment FIRST?... [MORE]

Wendy Weinbaum

Nov 27, 2007 13:20

Ultimately,the Supreme Court gains nothing by re-reading the Massachusetts State Constitution. Their source document for consideration in this case is...

terry albertson

Nov 27, 2007 09:59

i've pushed the answer on every person i know,the n.r.a.,glenn beck and my state's elected offices.i found the answer.this case... [MORE]

scott cockrell

Nov 27, 2007 04:35

I believe the Founding Fathers meant, "What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them... [MORE]

John Ebanks

Nov 26, 2007 23:04

The U.S. Senate actually debated adding "for the common defence" to the Second Amendment, and chose not to do so.... [MORE]

Clayton E. Cramer

Nov 26, 2007 13:32

If the framers of the constitution wanted to protect only an armies right to bear arms, there would be no... [MORE]

brokenbarrel

Nov 26, 2007 12:34

The Second Amendment is deliberately different from the Massachusetts constitution regarding the very phrase you mention. On September 9, 1789,... [MORE]

Professor Joseph Olson

Nov 26, 2007 12:22

Everywhere in the articles, people means just that, PEOPLE. There were no standing militias, only farmers and storekeepers running to... [MORE]

chuck higgins

Nov 26, 2007 08:53