To: governsleastgovernsbest
Here are my questions:
Am I allowed to build a bomb if I make it clear that I "don't intend to use it?"
If my neighbor is building a cannon and pointing it at my house, but has never yet actually threatened me, what are my options?
Do parents have the right to fill their own house with marijuana smoke if they have infants in said house?
If a super-majority of citizens and politicians passed a Constitutional Amendment outlawing drugs and guns, would Libertarians cease owning guns and using drugs out of their deeply-rooted respect for strict Constitutional interpretation?
Does the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness actually mean that people have a right to life, or are you pro-choice? If the right to life is Constitutionally guaranteed, would you support the government enforcing such laws as you would support the government enforcing laws against illegal search and seizure?
63 posted on
09/21/2004 8:02:50 PM PDT by
TitansAFC
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To: TitansAFC
You wrote: "If a super-majority of citizens and politicians passed a Constitutional Amendment outlawing drugs and guns, would Libertarians cease owning guns and using drugs out of their deeply-rooted respect for strict Constitutional interpretation?"
A super-majority has no more right to deprive me of drugs or guns than you as an individual do. The Constitution, or any other plan of government, deserves respect only insofar as it protects our unalienable rights. I don't know what Badnarik's answer would be. (I'd like to hear it.) But as a long-time libertarian, this is MY answer to anyone, foreign or Amarican, who would take my weapons: http://www.comeandtakeit.com/med1.html
73 posted on
09/21/2004 9:13:54 PM PDT by
Ruadh
(Liberty is not a means to a political end. It is itself the highest political end. — LORD ACTON)
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