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Old 04-12-2006, 09:05 PM   #14 (permalink)
shakran
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
the amendment says 'shall not be infringed'. to me, that means that the gun control laws making machine gun ownership illegal post 86 SHOULD be unconsititutional. I consider that it's because of the liberal courts at that time that made those laws stand up when a less liberal court would not have upheld them. Tanks are not 'firearms'. Nor are nuclear weapons and MOABs, nor are ICBMs.

The 2nd does not say "firearms" It says "arms" which means "weapons" Tanks, nukes, MOABs, and ICBMs are all weapons. Therefore if one is to interpret the 2nd as you want us to, I should be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.
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