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To: massmike
The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional.

How ‘bout a law that says if you catch a flag burner, you can't be prosecuted for your immediate actions.

4 posted on 07/15/2011 6:45:20 AM PDT by CPOSharky (The only thing straight, white, Christian males get is the blame for everything.)
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To: CPOSharky
The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional.

Including The Rainbow Flag?

Oh. Wait. Of course not. That would be a hate crime.

6 posted on 07/15/2011 6:47:28 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: CPOSharky
"The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional."

Yes, but my understanding of that is that you have to own the flag that you're burning.

I read this article as saying that the flags that are being burned are someone else's property.

8 posted on 07/15/2011 6:50:02 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Square Dancing - Drill and Ceremony Set To Music)
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To: CPOSharky
The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional. How ‘bout a law that says if you catch a flag burner, you can't be prosecuted for your immediate actions.

A lot of these flags appear to be hanging off homes. Setting fire to part of an occupied residence is arson, a felony. In many jurisdictions, arson of an occupied dwelling justifies use of deadly force.

16 posted on 07/15/2011 7:18:26 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When youÂ’ve only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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To: CPOSharky

**The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional.***

But only if it is a privately owned flag owned by the burner. Can someone legally come on your property adn burn YOUR privately owned flag?


22 posted on 07/15/2011 8:31:16 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare! NEW PHOTOS!)
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To: CPOSharky

I can see where a law against burning your own flag is unconstitutional, but burning someone else’s property is another matter.


25 posted on 07/15/2011 9:43:47 AM PDT by jmcenanly ( "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
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