[RobbyS]

Have to disagree. The original states came into the union with the police power, and the newer states obtained these rights as they came into the union. Texas was a truly sovereign power when it agree to annexation. Libertarian notions of individual rights do not here apply. The exception would be that no state ought to be able to deprive an owner of his weapon without due process. No state can invest a policeman with the same authority that is enjoyed by a French or a German policeman.

[Ken H]

The original states came into the union with the police power, and the newer states obtained these rights as they came into the union. Texas was a truly sovereign power when it agree to annexation. Libertarian notions of individual rights do not here apply.

What rights don't apply? Freedom of speech and the press? Freedom of religion?

What the heck are you talking about?

[vbmoneyspender]

Libertarian notions of individual rights do not here apply.

We fought a civil war over the notion of states rights overriding individual rights. That's why we have the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.