In any case, the meat and bones of the judgment appears to be this, as stated at pages 58 and 60: The weapons protected by the Second Amendment are those that 'were in common use at the time'. However, this appears to extend to 'classes' of weapons, rather than specific designs (for example, semi-automatic and automatic firearms were not around until the middle of the 19th century, and would therefore certainly not have been 'in common use at the time' and would likely be prohibited), so essentially limits the second amendment to pistols and rifles; I am unsure how this would apply to things like submachine guns, assault rifles, and sniper rifles which likely did not even exist as 'classes' at the time; they don't really say, except to say that "It may be objected that if weapons that are most useful in military service -M-16s and the like- may be banned..." which does imply in fact that assault rifles as a class do not survive the 'in common use' test.
It's not just sniper rifles or assault rifles that would be excluded under the 'common use' construction - rifles as a class weren't in common use until the 19th Century.
Of course, this grants you the right to bear muskets and single shot muzzle loading pistols:o)
John Spartan: [to machine on wall after finding out that they no longer use toilet paper] Thanks a lot you shit-brained, fuck-faced, ball breaking, duck fucking pain in the ass.
Moral Statute Machine: John Spartan, you are fined five credits for repeated violations of the verbal morality statute.
John Spartan: [grabbing the tickets] So much for the seashells. See you in a few minutes.
A lot of the speculative trading is being done through the London spot markets - in fact your very own Congress has recently been making noises about regulation (see here for the UK reaction to that one).
I don't think there's a wider social or political agenda - it's just short-sighted, short-term greed, like most of the market trading that goes on in the UK (and possibly elsewhere - but I'm a Brit and will confine myself to slagging off my own speculators).
Sure, if you're lazy and are trying to do server tasks on the desktop, you might run low, but WTF do you need with more than 7 virtual desktops with 512 MB each?
I think you're being very uncharitable there - 'Christians' give generously to the causes in which they believe.
Whether it's the same sort if Christianity as Jesus showed is no matter - the authority of the preisthood is automatically assumed, and the Zeitgeist prevails.
Real Christians would revolt at the atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan - where are they now?
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Actually, it's more a series of gantries with hanging chains than a full width arch, but it does the trick.
I seem to remember seeing one somewhere in Wiltshire as well, but can't remember the exact location.
So yes - they do exist :o)
It's not just sniper rifles or assault rifles that would be excluded under the 'common use' construction - rifles as a class weren't in common use until the 19th Century.
Of course, this grants you the right to bear muskets and single shot muzzle loading pistols :o)
Well, it'd have to be IronPython for a robotic snake, so the ASP figures :P
That's the turmeric cloud, and the metallic smell is in fact faintly curryish :P
Well, he did win the vote, just not the courts!
Moral Statute Machine: John Spartan, you are fined five credits for repeated violations of the verbal morality statute.
John Spartan: [grabbing the tickets] So much for the seashells. See you in a few minutes.
No, Cheney would still be running the show, just like now.
Too subtle for words - I salute you :o)
I don't think there's a wider social or political agenda - it's just short-sighted, short-term greed, like most of the market trading that goes on in the UK (and possibly elsewhere - but I'm a Brit and will confine myself to slagging off my own speculators).
Not only that, but the UK Facebook site has been down most of the afternoon - some infrastructure, huh?
Very musical, youth :o)
Encrypted information hidden in the shape of antlers?
Excellent idea - especially for those damn Scandinavian terrorists bringing their Lapp tops complete with reindeer antlers into the country :o)
I'd have thought that Spartans would be more likely to home in on Mac users, given their reported proclivities...
Bill, I've hated you since 1989 - vi and and Ingres on HP UX, you bastard!
Seriously, though, thanks for a great editor.
That's probably why you need to reboot all the time :o)
Sure, if you're lazy and are trying to do server tasks on the desktop, you might run low, but WTF do you need with more than 7 virtual desktops with 512 MB each?
DC - the lobbyees die.
Both are good, but the former is better.
I guarantee she'll rip your head off and stick it up your sanctimonious arse.
Saul was the worst possible influence on the early church - he was a jewish Zealot and not even remotely connected to the disciples.
So, from where do you derive any authority whatsoever for his ideas?
I am actually interested...
Whether it's the same sort if Christianity as Jesus showed is no matter - the authority of the preisthood is automatically assumed, and the Zeitgeist prevails.
Real Christians would revolt at the atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan - where are they now?
Thanks, Neil Sheldon - best teacher I ever had :)
Hope you and your god die horribly.
I'll be submitting it to the German authorities ASAP.
:o)
When I hear McCain swear as well as Carlin, I'll vote for him :o)