Destructo6
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR> The American Civil Liberties Union has finally taken position on the issue of the 2nd:
"We believe that the constitutional right to bear arms is primarily a collective one, intended mainly to protect the right of the states to maintain militias to assure their own freedom and security against the central government. In today's world, that idea is somewhat anachronistic and in any case would require weapons much more powerful than handguns or hunting rifles. The ACLU therefore believes that the Second Amendment does not confer an unlimited right upon individuals to own guns or other weapons nor does it prohibit reasonable regulation of gun ownership, such as licensing and registration." -ACLU public statement.
"Anachronistic" is putting it mildly. Even if one high court in the U.S. would rule that the 2nd Amendment does mean, "every man can own a gun," the amendment itself would later be determined antiquated and useless by a higher court. The second amendment is as antique and as useless as the third amendment to the constitution, which says our government can't burst your door down without permission, take your male occupants and enroll them forcefully in the army; it has to be done "in a manner prescribed by law."[/quote]
This was found on a HCI advocate's page while searching for, "guns." The above is just the tip of the iceberg. Read some of this garbage yourselves and then respond.
http://www.redshift.com/~jamesm2/2nda2.htm
Just a thought, we could spam his email among others…
[This message has been edited by Destructo6 (edited May 31, 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Destructo6 (edited May 31, 1999).]
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR> The American Civil Liberties Union has finally taken position on the issue of the 2nd:
"We believe that the constitutional right to bear arms is primarily a collective one, intended mainly to protect the right of the states to maintain militias to assure their own freedom and security against the central government. In today's world, that idea is somewhat anachronistic and in any case would require weapons much more powerful than handguns or hunting rifles. The ACLU therefore believes that the Second Amendment does not confer an unlimited right upon individuals to own guns or other weapons nor does it prohibit reasonable regulation of gun ownership, such as licensing and registration." -ACLU public statement.
"Anachronistic" is putting it mildly. Even if one high court in the U.S. would rule that the 2nd Amendment does mean, "every man can own a gun," the amendment itself would later be determined antiquated and useless by a higher court. The second amendment is as antique and as useless as the third amendment to the constitution, which says our government can't burst your door down without permission, take your male occupants and enroll them forcefully in the army; it has to be done "in a manner prescribed by law."[/quote]
This was found on a HCI advocate's page while searching for, "guns." The above is just the tip of the iceberg. Read some of this garbage yourselves and then respond.
http://www.redshift.com/~jamesm2/2nda2.htm
Just a thought, we could spam his email among others…
[This message has been edited by Destructo6 (edited May 31, 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Destructo6 (edited May 31, 1999).]