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Actually, the second amendment is a perfect example.

Should I be allowed to own an M-16? How about a SAW, or an M-60 machinegun? An AT-4 rocket launcher? A Bradley? An M1A1 tank? A couple of F-18 hornets loaded with 500 lb. bombs in my backyard?

Why not?

When the Second Amendment was written, the intent was to keep ultimate power in the hands of the people. The citizenry had the same rights to weaponry as the military. They could fight off the Army, if the need arose. Today, that's not the case. Hunting rifles and semiautomatics don't stand a chance against carpet bombings and Apache gunships.

So, should the Second Amendment have been re-interpreted to a different meaning in order to match changing times (as it has been), or should it have kept it's original intent and let us all own TOW launchers?
 
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And the principle works so well that those of us in countries with strict gun control all live in fascist police states.



Wait, no, just a minute.......
 
Hellbound said:
Actually, the second amendment is a perfect example.

Should I be allowed to own an M-16? How about a SAW, or an M-60 machinegun? An AT-4 rocket launcher? A Bradley? An M1A1 tank? A couple of F-18 hornets loaded with 500 lb. bombs in my backyard?
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If you can afford all that machinery, sure.

Why not?
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Eh?

So, should the Second Amendment have been re-interpreted to a different meaning in order to match changing times (as it has been), or should it have kept it's original intent and let us all own TOW launchers?
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I am as uncomfortable with the possibility that some gangsta will acquire a used A-10 Thunderbolt II and spread low-altitude, high-cyclic mayhem as you are.

But if we really think this is a problem, we can amend the Constitution.
 
Architect said:
And the principle works so well that those of us in countries with strict gun control all live in fascist police states.

Wait, no, just a minute.......
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Tell that to the 55 million people who were killed by their own government in the 20th century.

Soviet Union? Turkey? China? Germany? Cambodia? Guatemala? Africa? Uganda?

You would deny those 55 million people the right to defend themselves and their famlies? YOu make me sick :D
 
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