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Originally Posted by willravel
Regardless, your question as to relevance directly challenges the very amendment itself. If the justification no longer is applicable, then the operative becomes incorrect.
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how are rights contingent?
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Infringement is not all that clear.
Is a background check an infringement? Is loss of that right as a result of a criminal record an infringement?
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background check? depends on who sets the 'requirements' to meet eligibility. as far as criminal records goes, I'm torn. Part of me says that if you're a convicted murderer, you lose your rights. Part of me says that if you're released, you've served your debt and deserve your rights back. That same part of me says that convicted murderers should never get out of prison.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Is a limit on the type of arms an infringement? (I tihink its reasonable to assume that the framers were thinking muskets...not automatic weapons or RPGs.)
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the framers were thinking to keep the people as equally armed as the standing military, as evidenced by several framers statements about the fear of standing armies.
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Last edited by dksuddeth; 04-26-2008 at 03:18 PM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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