Sklyarov Discusses the ElcomSoft Trial

DaytonCIM writes "Dmitry Sklyarov talks openly about the ElcomSoft trial to CNET News. The 'Russian programmer thinks it was unfair of prosecutors to play his videotaped deposition at the ElcomSoft trial rather than calling him to the stand.'"

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Re:It's Amazing

[rossz]

Wrong. The right to own a gun is an individual right, not a State right. That has already been backed up by the Supreme Court. It is popular for the anti-gun crowd to repeat this false statement as often as possible. I think they believe in the old saying, "repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth."

The Constitution uses two different phrases to differentiate between an individual right and a state right. "The People" refers to an individual right. "The State(s)" refers to a State right. If we assume that the 2nd Ammendment is a State right, then it is the only place in the entire document that uses "The People" to refer to the State. Let's transfer this thinking to other parts to see how dangerous this can be. From the 1st Ammendment:

Congress shall make no law .. abridging .. the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

If "The People" refers to the State, then only state governments have the right to challenge unjust laws or to hold rallies denouncing mistakes of the government. Actually, even football games could be declared illegal unless it is State sponsered!

Other important notes. The meaning of "well organized" at the time the Constitution was written was roughly equivelent to "well supplied" or "well equipped". "Militia" refers to anyone NOT part of the military or police.