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To: robertpaulsen
Why? The second amendment has nothing whatsoever to do with state laws.

COOL! That means that, since state laws trump the Bill of Rights, states can write a law that does away with the First Amendment!

So STFU.

24 posted on 08/24/2007 2:10:53 PM PDT by Lazamataz (JOIN THE NRA: https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp)
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To: Lazamataz
"That means that, since state laws trump the Bill of Rights, states can write a law that does away with the First Amendment!"

It's not that state laws trump the Bill of Rights. It's that the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to the states -- or it didn't used to. And, many states DID restrict speech and the press and some had state sponsored (and state funded) religions.

Even today, the 2nd and 3rd Amendments, the grand jury indictment clause of the 5th Amendment, and the 7th Amendment do not apply to the states.

"So STFU."

Perhaps you should follow your own advice so you don't embarrass yourself again with your ignorance of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

60 posted on 08/24/2007 3:34:08 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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