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To: H.Akston
You miss the whole point of having a bill of rights in the first place. The "loaded gun in the wrong hands" is government power without limits on it.

If you're in a no passing zone, it doesn't matter who the driver of the car ahead of you is. You aren't allowed to pass. If you get pulled over, you can't say the no passing zone doesn't apply to drivers with out of state plates: it applies to you. Likewise, the government is not allowed to do certain things. Period. It doesn't matter who those things are done to. The Bill of Rights "applies" to the government.

700 posted on 08/11/2002 11:21:49 AM PDT by A.J.Armitage
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To: A.J.Armitage
The "loaded gun in the wrong hands" is government power without limits on it.

The "loaded gun in the wrong hands" is terrorists claiming protection under our bill of rights. They can't get under our umbrella. It doesn't matter if they're persons. They're not "of the United States". Our umbrella is not for them. They have no IVth Amendment rights.

701 posted on 08/11/2002 12:08:50 PM PDT by H.Akston
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