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To: Jeff Gordon
They see the Second Amendment as restricting their rights rather than giving them rights.

It does neither, it protects their pre-existing rights. Big difference. The right would exist even if there were no second amendment to protect it. The very grammar of the Second Amendment assumes that the right exists. "the right of the people to ..., shall not be infringed" not "the people shall have the right to .."

67 posted on 03/15/2007 9:23:15 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato

Interesting observation.


79 posted on 03/16/2007 2:21:58 AM PDT by Jeff Gordon (History convinces me that bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson)
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