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To: wyowolf
The 14th amendment was passed (because of Democrats ignoring the plain meaning of laws) after the Civil war to guarantee equal rights to former slaves. It was never intended so that one state could pass some idiotic law and then force other states to have the same law under the "equal protection clause".

Can I ride my motorcycle into MA without a helmet, without insurance, pistol open carried on my side, with my silenced assault rifle strapped across my back, smoking a joint? I would probably be shot but it's perfectly legal to all of that in various states.

It's just another Neo-Com tactic. This is what happens when we let government usurp powers that were never enumerated.

13 posted on 07/01/2014 9:57:58 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Durus
The 14th amendment was passed (because of Democrats ignoring the plain meaning of laws) after the Civil war to guarantee equal rights to former slaves. It was never intended so that one state could pass some idiotic law and then force other states to have the same law under the "equal protection clause".

You're confusing two Constitutional provisions. State-to-state reciprocity isn't governed by the "Equal Protection Clause" of the 14th Amendment, it's based on the "Full Faith and Credit" clause (Article IV, Section 1).

30 posted on 07/01/2014 10:54:24 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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