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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Scumbria who wrote (62657)6/21/1999 12:29:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) of 1578935
 
Re: "Having grown up in Los Alamos, I have always believed that the restrictions on the ownership of nuclear weapons are an infringement of first amendment rights. Did the authors of the Constitution put any limitations on the size of the arms? In order to defend against tyranny, a few nukies are essential these days."

This brings up an interesting point. At the time the Bill of Rights was framed, the First Amendment applied to the spoken word and the hand printed or written word. As time progressed the meaning of the amendment was expanded to embrace the newer technologies such as automated presses, the amplified voice, radio and television. By that line of reasoning, shouldn't the right to keep and bear arms also be expanded to embrace nuclear and biological weapons?

I want my own nuke!

EP
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