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In reply to the discussion: former Chief Justice Burger - individual right to bear arms was “one of the greatest pieces of [View all]theKed
(1,235 posts)140. My point was
that comparing the 1st and 2nd is apples-to-oranges. The act of expression and what is protected hasn't fundamentally changed in centuries, while firearms, being a physical item/thing (or, rather, a set of things), is dramatically different now than it was.
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farminator3000
Dec 2012
OP
Of course it's a fraud. At the time the Constitution was written, we had no standing army and the
world wide wally
Dec 2012
#4
So the first amendment will only apply to material produced on printing presses?
former9thward
Dec 2012
#12
You are criticizing me on grammar? Please check the grammar in your post.
former9thward
Dec 2012
#52
Apparently, Chief Justice Burger didn't know how to read the Constitution either
Hugabear
Dec 2012
#96
Most of my guns are registered except for the one's that I bought before registration was required..
4bucksagallon
Dec 2012
#100
There is a fundamental misunderstanding in some people's heads about rights..
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#161
Still sore that you flubbed the laws about licensing and concealed carry? Hehe
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#167
not sore in the least. i have stuffed your BS like 2 dozen times now give up
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#192
When someone claims that *any* right is unlimited, you be sure to pipe up, ya?
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#194
A majority of today's arms, like handguns or "assault weapons" are "in common use, for lawful purpos
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#195
In common use -- selling like hotcakes.. for lawful purposes -- not used in crime very much.
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#207
ever hear of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness? what'd ya miss 2nd grade?
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#198
you think "assault weapons" are cool, in some kind of perverse, pseudo rambo way. i do not
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#206
Nobody ever *gave* me a right to do or have anything- they predate the constitution.
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#209
so you aren't a member of society or a citizen of the US. that is good news!
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#210
A few hundred years ago, the term "right to bear arms" meant the right to carry your family
ladjf
Dec 2012
#6
I have no idea what you are even talking about. His quote is not cherry picked in any way.
duffyduff
Dec 2012
#16
It certainly *was* cherry-picked. Read his homophobic screed in Bowers v. Hardwick:
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#19
*You* offered him up as an authority figure, whose opinion we should take note of.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#67
"george bush the 1st cut up is nra card, too. you should, too." Wow, you really *are* new here...
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#86
Who is saying ""Until that time (Heller), legal precedent and conventional wisdom held that the
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#72
Err.. no, I'm against it.. but your boy Burger? Is responsible for its reinstatement.
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#90
great. i'm for it, and i don't give a shit what Burger thinks about it. back to the question-
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#91
it was intentional! i don't care what you think about guns your info is 125 years old
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#95
I read law dictionaries. There is a distinct difference between a privilege and a right.
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#108
so far you got right/privilege AND car/gun AND license/permit WRONG! look here!
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#117
Umm.. you do not need a permit to carry outside your home in Alaska, Arizona, Vermont, and Wyoming.
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#118
Is there any right that isn't limited by the extent to which it damages the rights of others?
patrice
Dec 2012
#102
Alas, poor Burger put his money on the wrong horse. The States Rights interpretation lost big.
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#119
Well that settles it, if Reagun thought it a good idea, then it must have been a good idea. n/t
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#135
The government's case was a loser because the court was stacked with RW ideologues
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#136
So you do remember your post #95, now all you have to do is locate that gun lobby
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#164
do you read? check post 147. you guys are shooting yourselves in the feet
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#170
"it doesn't. that is his view." Wow, I did catch you in a momoment of clarity, so hopefully
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#183
go away, you have lost 3 times already shut up you aren't even reading this you robot later dud
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#184
What a pity the moment has passed, your thinking is once again clouded by your hatred of the NRA
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#185
what a pity your nasty boss embarassed us all in front of the entire world at the UN meeting
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#186
Still no luck, eh? Guess you'll be needing more than 10 minutes afterall ...
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#188
you are a fool. why am i calling an actual robot a fool? i don't know,really
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#190
Because you are unable to back your claims, foot stomping and foolishness are all you can offer. n/t
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#219
The OP is a straw man argument, itself knowingly propped up by the straw man left to us by Burger.
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#138
you become a straw man as soon as you type those words, and the gun lobby is sound asleep
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#141
The lame kind is more like it. It has been quite a bit longer than 10 minutes, and still no
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#146
OIC, so when you are not posting nonsense on the internet, you are working...
hansberrym
Dec 2012
#151