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Kelly Rupert

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Thu Apr-19-07 11:10 AM
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180. The right to bear arms is by no means absolute.

Edited on Thu Apr-19-07 11:10 AM by Kelly Rupert

I can't carry a gun on my campus. I can't carry a gun on an airplane, or into my state legislature. I can't own a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. I can't get a gun without a background check and waiting period. I think that all of these are perfectly reasonable and necessary restrictions on the right to bear arms.

In comparison, free speech is absolutely unabridged. I can't yell fire in a crowded theater, but I certainly can't brandish a handgun either.

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