To: TigersEye
True. But, as in the example of crying "fire" in a crowded theater, no restriction is acceptable before some harm has actually been committed. No, intent to commit harm is also restrictable before the act. Carrying a gun is a right. Strapping on a gun with the announced intent of murdering someone is probable cause for arrest.
224 posted on
03/21/2007 10:43:58 AM PDT by
LexBaird
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To: LexBaird
You're splitting hairs. Voicing a threat is committing an act of harm just as falsely crying "fire" in a crowded theater is. Possession of the means to fulfill the threat isn't even necessary to be arrested and convicted of a crime.
395 posted on
03/21/2007 8:29:29 PM PDT by
TigersEye
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