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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:02:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
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> > > > Wrong. I'm protecting the constitution from you.
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> > Your constitution is 100's of years old. Perhaps it needs to be updated.
> > Perhaps it needs a few more amendments
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> I'd welcome a straightforward proposal of amendments and an honest debate.
> What gets up my nose is the chinese water torture we've seen lately in which
> the constitution has been suborned one step at a time by "activist" judges.
> I support strict construction and open change processes.
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> Amend the constitution? Great. Ignore it, interpret it in direct conflict
> with what the founders intended(1)? Nope, not going to support that.
Does this not imply that you feel that the founders could not be wrong in
any way, and that their intentions are 100% clear?
Scott A
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> 1 - to pick just one example... the interstate commerce clause, introduced
> to ensure that states did not impose tariffs on each others goods by
> reserving the right to do so to Congress, has been used to justify
> regulating anything for any conceivable reason. Not the intent.
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| (...) No, it does not imply either of those things. I'm shocked, just shocked, that you would not be able to read my words and derive the clear meaning they contain. But oh well. The constitution suffers from lack of clarity in many places, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'd welcome a straightforward proposal of amendments and an honest debate. What gets up my nose is the chinese water torture we've seen lately in which the constitution has been suborned one step at a time by "activist" judges. I support (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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