[Vision2020] discharging firearms

[deb]

"Drop that AK47 and hands up, Mr. Grizzly! No one has the right to arm 
bears, so I'm takin' you off to WSU lock-up!"

"Oh, my! I think you may be going against the Moscow near-nudity ordinance! 
You have the right to bare arms, but not the right to bare THAT".

"Bear me away in the arms of bare love---even though I barely know you, and 
can't bear your children (you and your first wife were responsible for 
bearing brats that no one can bear)."

"Bare with me", said the nudist to his new sweetie, who, as a Furry, wore a 
beare suit.

Enough, already?

Debi R-S
----- 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 06, 2010 5:20 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>
>
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