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To: vincentfreeman
That IS you Paulsen! Same sorry arguments too.

Meaning that an illegal alien, a prisoner, a foreign exchange student, one who is mentally ill, a child -- all may possess suitable tools to defend their lives?

Illegal aliens and foreign exchange students are not citizens. Prisoners and the mentally ill are particular individuals who have lost some of their rights for specific reasons in order to protect society at large from their actions. Hardly the same as denying rights to citizens wholesale.

Like fuel oil and fertilizer? Box cutters? Things like that?

It would seem to me that our constitution would allow the people, through their elected representatives, to regulate those objects or activities that they deem harmful to the general public. Even if you think they're wrong. Even if they ARE wrong.

I can own all of those items. I cannot use them to commit crimes. And the constitution does not protect the tyranny of the majority, it protects against it. But then you knew that, you just don't like it.

172 posted on 05/28/2008 9:40:39 AM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: MileHi

He doesn’t understand the concept of “strict scrutiny”.


174 posted on 05/28/2008 9:58:18 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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To: MileHi

That absolutely is paulsen. Blatantly using the same old trolling ‘arguments’.


177 posted on 05/28/2008 10:11:11 AM PDT by MartinStyles
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To: MileHi

Wow...you nailed him. :-)


201 posted on 05/28/2008 5:22:49 PM PDT by hiredhand
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