but that your hammer is now unfit to pound or pull nails, either.
That's why they invented oxy-acetylene torches. I suppose it's also why congress used the amendment process to prohibit alcohol and the amendment process to repeal the XVIII amendment. The most effective tool for the job is to strictly adherer to the original intent of the constitution.
If you took the claw hammer away from him and handed him one, he'd beat on the muffler with it and complain that the claw hammer worked better.