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To: thefactor
i support a short waiting period for handguns for a quick background check.

You support an inalienable right ... with restrictions?

Well, you are not alone here. -- Fiat prohibitions/restrictions on 'dangerous' items and behaviors are supported by many FReepers, -- under the theory that 'majority will' can be used to trump our rights to life, liberty, or property, -- due process be hanged.

152 posted on 10/06/2007 7:40:29 AM PDT by tpaine (" My most important function on the Supreme Court is to tell the majority to take a walk." -Scalia)
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To: tpaine
US Code, Title 10- Armed Forces, Subtitle A- General Military Law,-Part 1-Organization and General Military Powers, Chapter 13- The Militia, section 311-Composition and Classes.

Title 10 sheds a new light on gun control for me.

237 posted on 10/06/2007 3:01:37 PM PDT by seemoAR (Absolute power corrupts absolutely)
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