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ZOB

(151 posts)
12. As you noted earlier, the Supreme Court disagrees with your claim.
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 10:07 AM
Mar 2013

I would think that the fact that all 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights specifically check government powers by empowering individual citizens would make it apparent that it exists to support individual rights to keep and bear arms, but I understand that you disagree.

As far as limiting rights, it is true that certain speech is not protected by the 1st Amendment. It is also true that certain arms ownership is not protected by the 2nd Amendment (see the National Firearms Act of 1934). The question isn't whether or not rights occasionally need sensible limits, it's if those limits still allow the INTENT of the amendment to be preserved.

I'd argue that the INTENT of the 2nd Amendment was to give individuals the means to protect their rights.

1,000 bullets is now a "war arsenal"? ZOB Mar 2013 #1
And the 20 year old Adam Lanza had worked how long for DHS? mbperrin Mar 2013 #3
To be acccurate, Lanza didn't need to be proficient. ZOB Mar 2013 #4
All targets are helpless, except other armed people. mbperrin Mar 2013 #6
A thousand rounds on hand at any given time? hack89 Mar 2013 #8
The point is, it's a start. I personally believe that every round ought to be marked mbperrin Mar 2013 #17
That is an ambitious agenda there hack89 Mar 2013 #18
It has an impact. It gets people used to the idea that regulation of dangerous mbperrin Mar 2013 #21
Should it be lower? Maybe 50? AAO Mar 2013 #20
You can't enforce a law like that. hack89 Mar 2013 #22
A computer could do it without breaking a sweat AAO Mar 2013 #23
How exactly would a computer do such a thing? NickB79 Apr 2013 #25
It's the people that "SNAP" that I'm most worried about AAO Apr 2013 #29
But no one has snapped and shot a thousand rounds NickB79 Apr 2013 #31
How does a computer look into my house and count my rounds? hack89 Apr 2013 #28
A private citizen should have ZERO bullets. ZERO. Reinterpretation of the 2nd ASAP! graham4anything Mar 2013 #7
Have you ever read the Bill of Rights? ZOB Mar 2013 #10
Militias are the National Guard as interpreted by the 2nd graham4anything Mar 2013 #11
As you noted earlier, the Supreme Court disagrees with your claim. ZOB Mar 2013 #12
It don't matter. A reinterpreted 2nd by a new not corrupt court will change it graham4anything Mar 2013 #13
Well, we will see. I doubt that will happen. ZOB Mar 2013 #14
You are aware that in the Heller decision premium Mar 2013 #15
I would assume, you are aware that 2 liberal justices are new since then, don't you? graham4anything Mar 2013 #16
You are talking to someone who suggested that the .gov buy all the bullets. Socal31 Apr 2013 #24
Overturning Heller wouldn't have the impact you think it would NickB79 Apr 2013 #26
I didn't bring Heller into the conversation. It is meaningless to me. graham4anything Apr 2013 #27
Even a "complete reinterpretation" wouldn't do what you think NickB79 Apr 2013 #30
90% of the public used to smoke. 90% of the public now doesn't smoke. graham4anything Apr 2013 #32
And that took 50 years to change NickB79 Apr 2013 #33
its the slow time of the political cycle quadrature Mar 2013 #2
Good! thanks to the President for Cha Mar 2013 #5
I agree with Marcus on universal background checks hack89 Mar 2013 #9
Why was he silent before the election? Ter Mar 2013 #19
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