The Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States reads, as ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State:

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

It would seem that I agree with Messers. happyjack and M_Riddell in this regard. The Second Amendment doesn't specify what those arms are and our government, in its rarely displayed wisdom, has seen fit to make the possession of automatic weapons prohibitive in the extreme. Ms. Ladd's continued use of words that cause misunderstanding, see "(partial)-automatic," do this argument a disservice. And while sayings may or may not insult your intelligences, your blind and deaf rantings cause us to chuckle at yours, sometimes.

Well, brjohn9... I, for one, will be voting for Mr. Romney. I will be voting for my self-interests and for no others. I will be voting not for what you will perceive as a benefit but for what is beneficial to me. And, Belvedere, I have and will gladly pay my fair share (and it's more than fair...) but I'll be danged if I will pay more because y'all don't think we pay enough already... I'll pay higher taxes if everyone pays higher taxes.