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Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

escaping slave — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:27:42 -0700

Glad to hear feedback. That's why I post in discuss....to discuss. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

NineInchNachos — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:03:38 -0700

yes first I learned about this from Escaping Slave... then later from an NPR story after the ruling came down. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

fredo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:34:47 -0700

ES@ I like Tacoma topics best, but always enjoy your take on whatever's happening. If I don't respond its because I don't have a position or am unfamiliar with the issue you've raised. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

NineInchNachos — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:17:44 -0700

* * full disclosure * * as an active member of the Federalist Party I have been against the bill of rights since their infernal conception. Such amendments insult the integrity of the constitution as 'rights' were are all implied in the original document to begin with. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

NineInchNachos — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:09:20 -0700

re created from photographic memory: Just as modern airplanes have sapped away the manliness of personal aviation so too has technology stolen away all the fun of guns. There used to be a day when a man could dispatch a turkey in great brass buckled shoes on his property employing any variety of polished beach rock, roofing nails or bits of chain hurled forward by the noisy snort of his wrought iron blunderbuss. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

NineInchNachos — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:56:20 -0700

stupid edit button deleting half the comment for no reason... argh. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

izenmania — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:37:17 -0700

I'm done. You can all go about your chalk art now. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

thriceallamerican — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:14:49 -0700

NiN, your thinking reminds me of the now-infamous Stewart Butterfield Flickr resignation letter. (Written in context of a now-disappeared NiN comment regarding airplanes and such...maybe it will reappear? More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

escaping slave — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:52:05 -0700

I'm disappointed there's no response. If you think the Second Amendment should apply to what was available then, why don't you apply the First Amendment the same way? More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

escaping slave — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:12:39 -0700

NIN - following the same logic of 2A equals black powder and flintlock, do you think 1A only applies to quill and parchment? Nice take on the death penalty. More »

Re: In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

NineInchNachos — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:21:48 -0700

I believe that people should only have the right to keep and bear arms in period to technologies of 1776. blackpowder all teh way! More »

In The News | Supreme Court 2A Case

escaping slave — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:49 -0700

If you didn't know: The Supreme Court begins what almost certainly is its final week of work before its summer break with 10 cases left to decide. Among the big issues are gun rights and the death penalty for rape of a child. More »