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Friday, April 11, 2008 1:22:54 PM · 23 of 23
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She asked me what I could do to help her. Unfortunately, I was helpless.

United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 21, Section 1983:
Civil action for deprivation of rights

Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.

United States Code, U.S. Criminal Code, Title 18,
Chapter 13, Section 242:
Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

A question. Are not the liberties in The Bill of Rights, unless specified by law, protections from the actions of government and not private citizens? For example if an employee publicly criticizes his employer, his firing cannot be prevented by claiming free speech. But if the employee is a mailman and his employer the USPS, that employer's right to fire are far more limited because of the First Amendment and the employer's role as agent of the government.

If I run a bar and wish to throw out someone who constantly uses my place for loud harangues against society, I have the right. If, as the same owner, I wish to prevent my patrons from being armed in my place of business, I have that right as well.

I believe zealously in the Second Amendment. Without it, the others are perishable. But that protection should be from the actions of encroaching government power. It should not be, nor do I believe it is, a license to carry my weapon anywhere with no regard for the consideration of the private property of others.