[Froufrou]

We are all pledged to support & defend the US Constitution as our supreme law. I took an oath to do that when I joined the Army at 18. You question this principle?

Not at all. I question when state and federal laws clash. Wire cutters are against the law in TX, yet that's a violation of my right to bear arms. I don't have to arm myself with munitions in order to protect/arm myself. That was the point of my statement. One can kill less swiftly and deftly with wire cutters but one can kill, just the same, dead.

[tpaine]

Like it or not, -- [there is a] reason why [alcohol] gets special treatment, just like tobacco and firearms.
The government doesn't want them in the wrong hands so there are LIMITS to who can buy, and when.

Like it or not, there are constitutional limits on gov't 'special treatments' of booze & guns. -- Or even "wirecutters"

We are all pledged to support & defend the US Constitution [as written] as our supreme law. --- I took an oath to do that when I joined the Army at 18. You question this principle?

Not at all. I question when state and federal laws clash.

You question Art VI's clear words?
"-- This Constitution, ----- shall be the supreme Law of the Land; ---- any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. --" ??

Wire cutters are against the law in TX, yet that's a violation of my right to bear arms. I don't have to arm myself with munitions in order to protect/arm myself.
That was the point of my statement.
One can kill less swiftly and deftly with wire cutters but one can kill, just the same, dead.

?? -- Your new 'wire cutter point' is still not clear. -- Try again.