Sparhawk

Folks do need to get licenses from local government before they stage protests, but I'm not sure there really is a good comparison to be made with speech.

I just wish common sense could be knocked into some politicians (and people for that matter). Republicans: I don't want to take your guns away, I just want to make things safer for everybody. Democrats: guns are a part of the American fabric, it's a part of what we are - they aren't going to go away.

Of all the candidates out there, Dean really has the most rational stand on this issue: let the states decide what is best for them. It just so happens the constitution agrees with him too: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state..."

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