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To: dbehsman
The difference is corporations are artificial persons. They are not the same as natural persons. To imply they have the same status in all respects is absurd.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 04/25/2008 2:01:03 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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BTTT!


3 posted on 04/25/2008 2:10:34 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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To: goldstategop
The difference is corporations are artificial persons. They are not the same as natural persons. To imply they have the same status in all respects is absurd.

Exactly. They have priveliges that real persons do not, and they shelter real persons from the consequences of their actions, and thus they may be subject to some limitations and controls that real persons are not.

That said, the second amendment does not apply to corporations, except perhaps to protect them as "persons", albeit artificial ones. "Shall not be infringed" however, applies to governments, not persons, real or artificial. But corporations are subject to the law, and if the legislature passes a law saying that the inside of a private vehicle is not their property, then it's not, and they may not restrict what is stored there, except as the might allow some such restrictions. The law in several states now does that, and they must obey it.

14 posted on 04/26/2008 3:52:45 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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