Civil Liberties (i.e., the 2d amendment) in time of War

[Glenn Reynolds]

Date sent:              Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:16:06 -0400
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From:                   Randy Barnett <rbarnett at BU.EDU>
Subject:                Re: Civil Liberties (i.e., the 2d amendment) in time of War
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Randy Barnett writes:

> Also do not get too excited about the term "well-regulated" which, as
> Hamilton's discussion in Federalist 29 exemplifies, essentially means
> "well-drilled":

I have always thought it revelatory of a peculiarly modern
sensibility, that the term "well-regulated" might be interpreted to
mean "regulated to death."
Prof. Glenn Harlan Reynolds
College of Law, University of Tennessee
1505 W. Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN  37996-1810

Attempt no more good than the people can bear.  --Thomas Jefferson