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In your willingness to overlook this extension of power by the feds, you neglect to consider the absolute antipathy that the government has (and so many Americans have) for our 2nd Amendment rights. Recovering lost ground may not be as easy (or impossible) when we are disarmed in the name of safety.

Thanks, Badray. That's precisely what I've been saying all along.

I can point to several concrete infringements that the "Assault Weapons Ban" has had on my Second Amendment Rights. Can anyone who's bellyaching about the Patriot Act point to any such concrete examples of how their rights have been infringed by PATRIOT?

I doubt it.

PC, I agree with a lot of what you have posted on a many threads, but I do find some differences here. I am not saying that the USA PATRIOT Act is benign.

The infringements in the AWB are obvious just by virtue of the fact that the law is there in violation of "shall not be infringed".

USA PATRIOT Act is not so clear and that in itself makes it problematic. Have you tried to read it? Unless you have the entire US Code at your fingertips, it's damned near impossible. Who knows what is really in there.

The part of my last post that you copied and replied to was intended to point out the increased dangers of the PATRIOT ACT because they (and so many of WE THE PEOPLE) no longer respect the 2nd Amendment. When we are disarmed in the name of safety, how do we fight back when the government advances against our rights?