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Re: An armed society...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:53:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
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> > The recent events may also have taught us that there exist other
> > objects beside guns which can be used as powerful weapons.
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> So? Everyone has the right to own a jumbojet loaded with fuel, or surface to
> air missles (depending on your point) too.
Well, not according to the 2nd Amendment, The Constitution in general, or
in any litigation thus far brought before the Supreme Court. More
specifically, the government's authority to regulate the ownership of arms
by private citizens has never (that is, NEVER) been curtailed by the High Court.
That's not your argument, precisely; you're stating, I suspect, that
people have a right to own whatever weapons they care to own, regardless of
The Constitution. I don't agree, but that's not the point, either. My
point is that, within the United States, the US Government is well within
its power to control the ownership of arms, and residents of the US who are
subject to US authority have to deal with that. If they want to own an
ICBM, they can always move to another country where ICBM ownership is not
infringed.
Of course, someone else might bring up the romantic but impossible notion
of overthrow-by-force of the hegemonic US governmental machine, but that's
another story entirely.
Dave!
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| (...) Um, I was kind of playing, but what do you mean? I think the 2nd is pretty clear on the matter. The issue of how the Supreme Court has allowed the curtailing of our constitutional rights is interesting, but I'm not sure that I'm ready to (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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