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Pastimes : TOBACCO COURT * NEW LEGAL DEFENSES & PUBLIC OPINION
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To: Bosco who wrote (9)2/15/1999 2:28:00 PM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) of 32
 
Machine guns have been outlawed since the 30's and even the NRA has no gripe with that.

A machine gun is to the Second Amendment what obscenity is to the First Amendment - I think this is a valid analogy. The problem is the anti 2nd amendment crowd refuses to acknowledge any difference between a bb gun and a machine gun. Their intent is to eliminate guns of anykind within the boarders of the USA. I do not deny they have a legitimate point of view. Let them state their goal honestly - revoking the second amendment - and then argue it in the court of public opinion. They know they will lose that argument today so - consequences be damned - they are trying to accomplish their goals another way. The old ends justifying the means B.S.

Your other post hints at the bigger problem - Are we losing control of our country by letting civil courts determine policy that ought to be made by elected legislatures? The answer is obviously yes.
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