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Very_Boring_Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 03:33 PM
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Do Americans Have the Right to Bear Weapons of Mass Destruction?
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The massacre and assassination attempt in Tucson have reignited the ongoing battle over what limitations should be placed on our rights to bear arms.

Let's assume for a moment -- though there are many Constitutional scholars who disagree -- that the majority of the Supreme Court is correct in its view that the Constitution does in fact confer on Americans a right to bear arms that is similar in scope to our right to free speech and assembly. What does it actually mean, that we have a right to bear arms?

The Second Amendment reads: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

What exactly are "arms"? Do Americans have the right to bear atom bombs? How about biological or chemical weapons?

Read more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/do-americans-have-the-rig_b_808419.html
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