re text of white house announcement and q as on clipper chip encryption from article strnlghtc tr d n n netcom com by strnlght netcom com david sternlight though i agree this is not the place to discuss guns i note in passing that a number of gun apologists seem to have ignored the words well regulated in their distorted interpretations of the second amendment well regulated at the time of its writing and in the context of the second amendment means properly trained and equipped it modern language it would read a properly trained and equipped militia being necessary to the security of a free state note the word free it doesn t say police the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed bruce
