Second Amendment Questioned

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday December 9, 2006 @05:35AM from the lock-and-load dept.

dheera writes "Attorneys in Washington, DC question the scope of the Second Amendment in the first case in nearly 70 years, citing that the right to bear arms only applies to 'a well regulated militia.' 'We interpret the Second Amendment in military terms,' said Todd Kim, the District's solicitor general."

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Re:Thank God for that by YrWrstNtmr · 2006-12-09 06:08 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The mass ownership of guns is one of the leading causes of terror and misery in our society.

Really? How?
I am a responsible adult. How does my owning a firearm threaten you in any way? I am not likely to shoot you, on purpose or by accident. The only possible way you might be shot by a firearm in my hands is if you were to threaten me.

Simple solution to the problem. Don't threaten harm to me and mine. It's all up to you.
Re: "Your Rights" ONLINE? by shmlco · 2006-12-09 06:21 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yes, but "Your Rights Online" makes more sense from a "News For Nerds" perspective. What do computer geeks care about whatever happens offline?

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Um, you do of course realize... by MuNansen · 2006-12-09 06:22 · Score: 0, Flamebait

...that these are probably GOP-influenced lawyers, right? They just had their asses handed to them, and we're 2 years from electing a new pupp, er....president. Best get started now. If they can really rile up a good shitstorm, "They wanna take away your guns so the terrorists can kill you!" will make for a very effective stump speech.
Come Get Some by ImaNihilist · 2006-12-09 06:31 · Score: 1, Flamebait

You can have my long-range .50 anti-material sniper rifle when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Liberals won the election by nurb432 · 2006-12-09 06:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

This is just the start of the attack on our rights of all kinds.

The 2nd amendment has been a thorn in their sides for generations, and now they are basically in power.

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bullshit. columbine was not an urban area by jsepeta · 2006-12-09 10:16 · Score: 0, Flamebait

dividing up the country into rural guntoting bumpkins and angry urban gun-toting youth is the wrong idea. handguns' sole purpose is to shoot people, so they should all be beat into plowshares.

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Re:Thank God for that by m50d · 2006-12-09 11:00 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'll be interested to watch you parry a bullet with your gun

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Re:Your Rights ONLINE? by timmarhy · 2006-12-09 12:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

learn to fucking read. first line. "STUFF THAT MATTERS". stfu, kthxbai

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