[Texaggie79]

If you could get enough stupid people in one state to vote to regulate assault weapons from any private citizens owning them in that state, well, they can do that.

I do believe we have an amendment that would disagree.

[tpaine]

Texaggie79's position, paraphrased:

If you could get enough stupid people in one state to vote to regulate assault weapons from any private citizens owning them in that state, well, they can do that.

I do believe we have an amendment that would disagree.

Meaning that only the enumerated rights are protected? -- Read the 9th.

[thinkthenpost]

I have two responses, they may sound angry, but I'm not, actually hearing someone be somewhat reasonable on a WOD thread is seldom seem.

The second amendment has not been incorporated to apply to the states like most of the rest of the Bill of Rights, the 14th, and a couple of others. So states like California and New Jersey have their Assault Weapons Bans, and towns like Morton Grove, Illinois have their handgun bans that have held up to legal challenge, both in clear violation of the 2nd amendment IMO.

I believe that much of the abuse around drugs is because they are illegal, once you are breaking the law ingesting, why not break it by leaving the kids over night while I go out partying, or beat the crap out of a guy for their wallet to feed my need. I'm sure folks hold other folks up for beer money, but I believe they much more often hold them up for drug money. I might be wrong, or I might be naive but it it wasn't illegal would some of the problems go away or moderate, I believe they would.

Finally, maybe some drugs would have to be regulated or prohibited, ie, pot and coke like tobacco, heroin at a clinic working to wean you off, meth, X continue like we currently are. I don't know if that is a solution, but an honest discussion ought to take place. I also wonder if coke for example were legal and readily available would crack have even been developed, hopefully food for thought.

Sorry it's so long.