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After all of that, I need an aspirin. Preferably Bayer . . . <br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><br><br>> From: debismith@moscow.com<br>> To: dickow@uidaho.edu; kcraine@frontier.com; garrettmc@frontier.com<br>> Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 17:52:05 -0500<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] discharging firearms<br>> <br>> "Drop that AK47 and hands up, Mr. Grizzly! No one has the right to arm <br>> bears, so I'm takin' you off to WSU lock-up!"<br>> <br>> "Oh, my! I think you may be going against the Moscow near-nudity ordinance! <br>> You have the right to bare arms, but not the right to bare THAT".<br>> <br>> "Bear me away in the arms of bare love---even though I barely know you, and <br>> can't bear your children (you and your first wife were responsible for <br>> bearing brats that no one can bear)."<br>> <br>> "Bare with me", said the nudist to his new sweetie, who, as a Furry, wore a <br>> beare suit.<br>> <br>> Enough, already?<br>> <br>> Debi R-S<br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "Robert Dickow" <dickow@uidaho.edu><br>> To: "'Craine Kit'" <kcraine@frontier.com>; "'Garrett Clevenger'" <br>> <garrettmc@frontier.com><br>> Cc: "'vision2020_moscow.com'" <vision2020@moscow.com><br>> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 5:20 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] discharging firearms<br>> <br>> <br>> > Concerning 'bearing arms' and the term 'bear,'<br>> > while Dictionary.com may show this definition...<br>> ><br>> > "22. to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway."<br>> ><br>> > I question its application in the context of 'bearing arms' to mean to <br>> > 'use'<br>> > the gun. Just use<br>> > 'bear' as a substitution in a sentence and you'll see why:<br>> ><br>> > "Aim high when you bear your gun". (This still refers to the posture of<br>> > holding the gun, not shooting it.).<br>> ><br>> > "Don't make noise when I bear my gun at yonder rabbit." (Just doesn't make<br>> > sense.)<br>> ><br>> > "Hands up, Mr., or I'll take my gun and bear it." (Also doesn't make much<br>> > sense.)<br>> ><br>> > I don't think the original meaning was all that different than our sense <br>> > of<br>> > it today.<br>> ><br>> > Bob Dickow, troublemaker<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<br>> > On Behalf Of Craine Kit<br>> > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 7:12 PM<br>> > To: Garrett Clevenger<br>> > Cc: vision2020_moscow.com<br>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] discharging firearms<br>> ><br>> > Since languages change over time, perhaps the question should be "how<br>> > was 'bear' defined when the constitution was written"?<br>> ><br>> > Kit Craine<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Nov 5, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Garrett Clevenger <garrettmc@frontier.com><br>> > wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> I got my definition at dictionary.com. It was the last definition<br>> >> for the verb "bear"<br>> >><br>> >> "22. to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway."<br>> >><br>> >> Perhaps it's a gun lover conspiracy to change the word to fit their<br>> >> favor?<br>> > <snip><br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > ======================================================= <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br> </body>
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