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In reply to the discussion: A Guy Now On CNN Just Criticized The NY Newspaper That Published Names/Addresses Of Gun Owners By... [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)19. So your argument is that technology can be used to bolster prior amendments....
whether it's used to bolster the 2nd amendment, or the 1st amendment. Whether you're talking about owning assault weapons, or posting lists gathered through technology from various sources.
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global1
Dec 2012
OP
HA!!, I knew some nitwit would say that, didn't think it would only take 4 posts though.
crazyjoe
Dec 2012
#45
Searches are conducted to secure incriminating evidence. Seizures secure the evidence.
rrneck
Dec 2012
#82
The FFs didn't anticipate computers or the Internet either, yet the First Amendment still applies.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#8
So all government data should be published? Like names of people receiving public assistance?
hack89
Dec 2012
#53
Publishing the address of someone who might be hiding from an abusive spouse is one reason.
randome
Dec 2012
#89
And the liklihood that legally obtained guns will be used to kill innocent people is also high
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#30
I'm curious. Is "painfully stupid" just an expression, or are you actually in some discomfort?
11 Bravo
Dec 2012
#47
That is not accurate. Part of the penaly for a sex crime conviction is having to register.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#74
I don't think anyone is saying it's not legal. They are talking about ethical. nt
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#20
So your argument is that technology can be used to bolster prior amendments....
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#19
It is possible to keep your name out of public property records. I know a man who did that...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#75
Has it ever occurred to you that some of those several thousand people could be crime victims?
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#91
Very few murderers DON'T have guns, so I hope you can see why it is relevant
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#103
Very few people who DO have legally owned guns ever commit murder or any other violent crime
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#127
Then perhaps they shouldn't have voluntarily released that information publicly?
Nevernose
Dec 2012
#130
Are you suggesting that people in that category should have not gotten permits for their guns?
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#132
Our Forefathers Did Not Anticipate Semi Automatic Weapons And The Gun Enabler Clan Called The NRA
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#123
The First Amendment was written at a time when nobody anticipated computers or the Internet
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#133
If a very clever gunsmith in the 1780s had managed to craft a semiautomatic breech-loader...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#135
Times Change - Still False Equivalency i.e. Misdirection - More NRA Nonsense
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#136