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To: supercat

You're quite hung up on this 2d Amendment thing, aren't you? As I said, the courts will look at the issue of reasonable restrictions when 2A issues come before them. Just as with the 14th Amendment, even though a complaint makes a prima facie case of discrimination, which means a violation of the right to due process or equal protection of the law, the court will look to the state to articulate a compelling interest in the act or law. So these things are not absolute, either with the 2d Amendment or any of the other amendments that provide the state with an opportunity to explain the need for the restriction.


428 posted on 03/25/2007 1:37:52 PM PDT by MACVSOG68
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To: MACVSOG68
You're quite hung up on this 2d Amendment thing, aren't you?

Is the government the servant of the people, or are the people servants of the government?

If a master is disarmed by his servants, how long can he remain master?

Even if obeying the Second Amendment would mean that the government was occasionally outgunned by crooks, those crooks would still be outgunned 100:1 by law-abiding citizens. What would be the problem?

430 posted on 03/25/2007 1:49:08 PM PDT by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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