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To: TimF who wrote (43096)	12/13/2005 8:08:03 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

If that was the case I would support acting outside the constitution to prevent such ownership. Then let's just make the President Dictator-for-Life and be done with all this election crap and the expense division they cause. The train has gone off the tracks several times already because of them.

To: TimF who wrote (43096)	12/13/2005 8:43:04 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

It would be pretty hard for the government to ban knives and swords even if they didn't fall under the definition protected by the Second Amendment. I don't think even the most rabid banner out there thinks it is feasible, let alone desirable. Although, my state does ban switchblade knives -- for what reason or purpose I can't imagine. I have a legal knife that opens just as fast as a switchblade and is much better from a practical standpoint. I don't want a constitutional convention to be convened, which is precisely why I think the protected definition should be that which is commonly understood, and to belay all arguments that it includes nukes and WMD, etc. IF nukes were protected by the Second, and I contend that they aren't, it would not be too long before the question would be moot. Sadly, I believe the wrong person would acquire them and employ them before a constitutional convention could be convened. In that scenario, we would be debating how we could emerge from the primordial ooze and grow legs again, because the survivors would probably all be fish.