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Originally Posted by filtherton
I particularly enjoy the spectacular ballet that occurs when someone places arbitrary limitations on ostensibly absolute rights (i.e. anything that can be carried is okay, except biological weapons and suitcase nukes) without acknowledging that they've just limited an absolute right. The second amendment grants absolute rights, except for these I have rather arbitrarily designated as being outside the scope of its rights-granting shroud of rights granting.
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That's it in a nutshell. Either you believe the USC gives you the right to own and carry any weapon you choose or you believe the government can limit what weapons you carry and where you may carry them. Either it grants absolute rights or those rights may be limited.
It seems to me reasonable, logical people could reach a compromise. You know somewhere between nukes and a 2 inch boy scout knife.