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SMITH: Constitution Gives Us The Right To Do What Makes Sense

LETTER from PATSY SMITH Constitution Gives Us The Right To Do What Makes Sense To the Editor: I’m afraid that Mr. deBlieck (Letter to Editor, March 19-20) doesn’t understand what the U.S. Constitution actually says and does. Like the power to declare war and raise taxes, the power to organize and arm militias is explicitly reserved to the Congress of the United States. Don’t believe me? Read Article One. There are no provisions that allow the “entire population to form…

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