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KaRl

"Call the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the Secret Service! I've got one, I've got one!" Nice toy, but :wtf: can you do with such a thing?

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Chris Losinger

Stan Shannon wrote: this ruling is not an abuse of the Constitution no, and neither would be congress overturning the 2nd amendment - it would be perfect legal and withing congress' legal mandate to do so. would you sit by and say "yeah, that's fine. the other parts of the constitution say it's ok for them to pass this law banning anything that can fire a bullet" ? Stan Shannon wrote: But I have serious doubts about how we could actually improve the system. start with the basic constitution again; get rid of or fix the parts we know to be ambiguous or confusing - like the 2nd amendment (militia? well-regulated?); add the basic things we know we want that weren't in the original (voting rights for all, etc).. get rid of the electoral college or implement some kind of run-off scheme to fix the issues we had in 2000, etc.. there's a lot that could be done. but, no, it will never happen. -c

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Roger Wright

It's fun! Plus, I can eliminate every bug in a PC with one clip. Actually, though I've had a gun most of my life, I never once considered buying an assault rifle. Then the Peoples' Republic of California started the process of outlawing them (We just want to register them - no one is talking about taking them away from you! Yeah, right!). Anything they tell me I may not have, I want - it's a matter of principle. No government has any right to direct what I may own unless I specifically grant it that right, and in this case I do not. Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003

Chris Maunder

Big business controlling the legal system in the US?? :omg: Sorry - I forgot to add the <sarcasm> tags. Free speech, individual's rights and democracy seem to be a dwindling commodity in the US. cheers, Chris Maunder

Stan Shannon

You always give me something to ponder, Chris. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle

Stan Shannon

Chris Losinger wrote: no, and neither would be congress overturning the 2nd amendment - it would be perfect legal and withing congress' legal mandate to do so. would you sit by and say "yeah, that's fine. the other parts of the constitution say it's ok for them to pass this law banning anything that can fire a bullet" ? I would have no problem if that did that. They have the power to overturn any amendment. My only argument has been that until they do that they have no power to limit my ownership of firearms. And the Federal Judiciary should not try to do the heavy lifting for them as they did with Roe V. Wade. Chris Losinger wrote: start with the basic constitution again; get rid of or fix the parts we know to be ambiguous or confusing - like the 2nd amendment (militia? well-regulated?); add the basic things we know we want that weren't in the original (voting rights for all, etc).. get rid of the electoral college or implement some kind of run-off scheme to fix the issues we had in 2000, etc.. there's a lot that could be done. but, no, it will never happen. I don't disagree. But what if someone wants to throw in Nationalized health care or some such? It could turn into an absolute nightmare. My solution is to just break the country up into about five seperate countries with each new country having its own little constitutional convention. Our current size and strength buys us nothing but the hatred of the world. So lets just give up our hegemony and go our separate ways. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle

Chris Losinger

isn't that paragraph absolutely brilliant? couldn't ask for a sharper mind to write the constitution. :beer: -c

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KaRl

Roger Wright wrote: I can eliminate every bug in a PC with one clip It sounds like a commercial for "Doom III" :) I hope the Peoples' Republic of California didn't outlaw chemical, biological or nuclear weapons :-D ...:)...:~ .... :omg:, did they :eek: ?! I like to shoot sometimes too , but I deeply think that a war weapon shouldn't be allowed to be sold to individuals. If somebody wants to use it, he/she has just to engage in the Army :)

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Roger Wright

KaЯl wrote: I deeply think that a war weapon shouldn't be allowed to be sold to individuals I agree, but the press and politicians looking for an emotional 'cause' they can use have badly distorted the facts. What is called an 'assault rifle' here is, in fact, a low-quality hunting rifle. Although they like to call them automatic weapons, they aren't - one pull of the trigger = one bullet. They don't fire any faster than a Remington, and they're generally poorly made, and less accurate. The difference that they use to play on peoples' emotions to get them banned is that they look scary - like a military gun. Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003

KaRl

You're totally right, that's why I prone a total ban on weapons and guns :-D In fact, you are much more anarchist than republican (not the GOP, but to be one of those who believe in the concept of Republic), aren't you ? :)

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