[Vision2020] discharging firearms

[Garrett Clevenger]

It just doesn't make sense if bearing arms doesn't include the use of such arms.  

What good is a milita that would be allowed to carry weapons but not be able to use them?

To me at least bearing arms means wielding and using them.  Grizzly bears know what I'm talkin' 'bout.  Bearing can be an action which in the case of a firearm is the use of the firearm..




----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dickow" <dickow at uidaho.edu>
To: "Craine Kit" <kcraine at frontier.com>, "Garrett Clevenger" <garrettmc at frontier.com>
Cc: "vision2020_moscow.com" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 6, 2010 3:20:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] discharging firearms

Concerning 'bearing arms' and the term 'bear,' 
while Dictionary.com may show this definition...

"22. to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway."

I question its application in the context of 'bearing arms' to mean to 'use'
the gun. Just use 
'bear' as a substitution in a sentence and you'll see why:

"Aim high when you bear your gun". (This still refers to the posture of
holding the gun, not shooting it.).

"Don't make noise when I bear my gun at yonder rabbit." (Just doesn't make
sense.)

"Hands up, Mr., or I'll take my gun and bear it." (Also doesn't make much
sense.)

I don't think the original meaning was all that different than our sense of
it today.

Bob Dickow, troublemaker



 -----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Craine Kit
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 7:12 PM
To: Garrett Clevenger
Cc: vision2020_moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] discharging firearms

Since languages change over time, perhaps the question should be "how  
was  'bear' defined when the constitution was written"?

Kit Craine


On Nov 5, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Garrett Clevenger <garrettmc at frontier.com>  
wrote:

> I got my definition at dictionary.com.  It was the last definition  
> for the verb "bear"
>
> "22. to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway."
>
> Perhaps it's a gun lover conspiracy to change the word to fit their  
> favor?
<snip>