To: untrained skeptic
It's difficult to seriously interpret the 2nd Amendment (which clearly states that it is a right of "the people", not militias) as not being an individual right to own firearms. But I would also point out that the 5th Amendment does allow for the removal of rights (it specifically mentions life, liberty, and property) with "due process", suggesting that criminals may have their rights revoked constitutionally via due process. So I don't see a problem there.
To: Question_Assumptions
But I would also point out that the 5th Amendment does allow for the removal of rights (it specifically mentions life, liberty, and property) with "due process", suggesting that criminals may have their rights revoked constitutionally via due process. So I don't see a problem there.Well, I do.
And I'm not a lawyer.
If the 5th amendment was intended to allow "due process" (as vague and arbitrary a phrase as can be invented) to cancel out all the other amendments, including itself, I can only quote Oliver Hardy and repeat, "What a revolting development this is!"
22 posted on
05/08/2008 9:46:45 AM PDT by
Publius6961
(You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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