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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-12-09 10:00 AM
Response to Reply #120
122. #68 "ban guns so citizens can't defend them self". I could have said
"ban the Internet so citizens can't exercise their freedom of speech" or "ban twitter so citizens can't freely communicate".

I oppose all infringements on inalienable/unalienable rights protected by our Constitution unless SCOTUS has ruled there is an overwhelming social benefit from a specific infringement.

Even in those cases, I oppose a group of infringements that in total effectively prohibit any right.

That was the case with D.C.'s gun laws that effectively banned guns for self-defense, SCOTUS overturned those laws in Heller.
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