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Originally Posted by samcol
Is that just devil advocate? Because I'm pretty sure I've brought up the idea of different states having seperate policies for things like health care, gay marriade, social welfare programs instead of broad stroke federal laws. The difference is I guess that the definition of the 2nd amendment makes it nationwide IMO, where as the others aren't expresslly delegated to federal government thus reserving them to the states.
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Rights granted by the federal government cannot be superseded by state governments. Just as the 1st Amendment federally guarantees freedom of speech that the state cannot impede upon, so does the 2nd grant an individual right to bear arms that the state cannot impede on.
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