To: mvpel
Would you please provide a list of exceptions in the Second Amendment?
If you cannot do that, then would you please list all the people that you do not think should be allowed to arm themselves?
To: Eagle Eye
Samuel Adams talked about "peaceable citizens." I think that's pretty reasonable.
78 posted on
11/13/2002 4:31:28 PM PST by
mvpel
To: Eagle Eye
There are no exceptions to the right to vote, but felons, who were duly convicted under due process of law, are denied the right to vote as part of the penalty for their anti-social actions. There is no exception to the right to keep and bear arms, but the situation is similar. When you commit a crime, and are convicted of that crime, you should not expect to assert every last one of your civil rights.
A convicted felon can, under certain circumstances, after 7 years from the end of their sentence, apply for restoration of their civil rights, including the right to vote. There is a case underway in the Supreme Court to determine whether a district court can act in place of the ATF to restore firearms rights as well. Again, through the due process of law.
80 posted on
11/14/2002 8:20:14 AM PST by
mvpel
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