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Ya, sounds like a day on the slope. Finish it off with a couple of homebrews, with some homegrown on the side, sit back with somebody of value and watch the Northern Lights while contemplating the universe. Sounds like a proper day to me. : ]

Nice. The Chugash mountain range is awesomely beautiful. Superb snowboarding up there. You ever had an Alaskan Snakebite?

Mix Yukon Jack with some grenadine, 7-up, a bit of lime juice and some freshly fallen snow in your favorite water bottle. Shake a bit & enjoy. You may be sober at the bottom of the lift at Alyeska, but you'll be feeling a bit sloshed by the time you reach the top. Not that I would know! Cheers!

The Matanuska Valley. A plane is the only way to really see the state for sure. I think with a medical card you can carry some on your person, however it is only legal in the privacy of your home for anyone else.

You in Anchorage? I once lived there ~ 3+ years. Nice place. Loved it the whole time. I saw places in AK that most people didn't see if they stayed on the highways in their cars. =)

Do they still allow everyone to carry 1 ounce of weed or less legally? They did when I was there. We got sick of getting the P test by the military because of it.

I was thinking of a quote someone made during the 2008 presidential campaign while in California, something about people "clinging to their God and their guns." Funny how quickly some forget.

The 2nd A only talks of regulating the militia, not the people's right to keep (own) and bear (carry) arms (guns, knives clubs, pitchforks, swords, etc.), which shall not be infringed.

A "well regulated militia" obviously demands a militia with a chain of command...as opposed to a unregulated militia (read: an armed mob).

"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

This separate reference to the citizens would be redundant, if the first reference to a militia covered every citizen, as you are suggesting.

This is a good point. I subscribe to the viewpoint that the meaning of regulate here is "to keep in good running order". The founders aren't saying "not only do we need to lay down regulations, we need to lay down a LOT of them" (WELL regulated). Rather, they are saying that since the security of the free state is under consideration here, the Militia (the collective group of citizens owning weapons) need to have their weapons in good running order, and have them be numerously spread about, and the way this is best accomplished is for the government not to infringe on the right for the people to keep (own) them, or bear (display/carry) them.
See dictionary.com again, meaning 4.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/r...

Better check your premise. If "regulation" isn't "infringement", I don't know what is.

Funny, I thought the same thing.

I will also add for consideration the matter of the naval Privateer during the time of our Revolutionary War, the war of 1812, and the Civil War. These privately owned ships were issued Letters of Marque, authorizing them to engage enemies of the USA to disrupt trade and engage in naval battle. How were they able to do this? These privately owned ships had cannon arrays. Civilians owned CANNONS on mobile seagoing platforms and the Founders were fine with that and at times said "hey - if you want a little extra work, we'll pay you to fire those things at certain targets."

I'd debate that. The verb the founders chose for that amendment is "shall not be infringed". When you go to dictionary.com to get a sense of that word, you learn that the Latin meaning is to "break or WEAKEN", and suggested synonyms are "encroach or trespass". In my reading, this means even government REGULATION of the people's firearms ought to be viewed with great suspicion, and likely in violation of the amendment.