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friendly_iconoclast

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16. Unless and until it is repealed, the Second Amendment exists, and is law
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 09:26 PM
Apr 2020

Just as the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments do

That fact that you and others find any of these amendments problematic does not change that

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Judge Tosses California Ammunition Purchase Law [View all] friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 OP
Any act of public policy which increases Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #1
Feh- that was also the meme used to sell Proposition 8- 'preventing societal harm' friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #4
Voluntary marriage? Voluntary consumption of alcohol? Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #6
That fact that a Constitutional right is unpopular in certain polities doesn't make it non-existant friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #9
The act in question is part of the 2016 California Proposition 63 discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #8
Nothing prevents the 2A from being correctly interpreted. Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #12
Your use of the phrase "correctly interpreted" spoke Loudly to me, so I did a little research friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #15
A bully who loves guns. Frasier Balzov Apr 2020 #20
Winkling out deceit is hardly bullying, and I own no guns. Try again... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #22
Do share that interpretation. discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #21
They have already stated what sort of interpretation they'd like: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #23
So without the violation of rights 16% of the time, would the law be acceptable? discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #28
So of the people it inconvenienced thucythucy Apr 2020 #2
Try again- this bit of performative security theater inconvenienced *everybody*... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #3
But more than four fifths of those "inconvenienced" thucythucy Apr 2020 #5
You are misinterpreting the sentence. ManiacJoe Apr 2020 #7
Your defense of this security theater is sincere, but misplaced for these reasons: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #10
Admittedly, the fact that some juresdictions are lackadaisical thucythucy Apr 2020 #11
Lots of things have been restricted for ostensibly being 'dangerous to public safety' friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #13
I consider bullets and firearms to be in an altogether different realm thucythucy Apr 2020 #14
Unless and until it is repealed, the Second Amendment exists, and is law friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #16
Which is the inevitable go-to argument thucythucy Apr 2020 #17
How about "Roe v Wade said it, I believe it, that settles it!"? That work for you? friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #18
In the meantime, I suggest California gun owners minimize the effect of this law by... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #19
There are compelling reasons why I am pro-choice, thucythucy Apr 2020 #25
IMO, Scalia's decision in D.C. v Heller was one of his few 'stopped clock' moments. friendly_iconoclast Apr 2020 #26
To answer your question-- thucythucy Apr 2020 #27
And to further the controversy... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #24
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