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Unread 12-18-2012, 10:38 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Steve Lempitski View Post
There are and has to be limits on every amendment- we are all familiar with the fact that yelling FIRE in a crowded movie theater is not free speech. Similarly the Second amendment gives one "the right to keep and bear arms"; by definition nuclear tipped ICBMs are "arms". Im sure these same arguments were put forth in 1934 when the National Firearms Act was voted in.
That's the way I look at it. The Second Amendment is pretty short, and you simply have to see it as "the spirit of the rules", rather than following it to the letter.
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