[longtermmemmory]

I like the answers posted here.

I LIKE the notion of consistency of the Second Amendment across the fruited plains.

This is a big inducement to vote for Fred.

(though this is inconsistent with his position on the Federal Marriage Amendment which some supporters have indicated F.Thompson has due to a federalism argument. Of course that has yet to be fully developed)

[Sal]

I LIKE the notion of consistency of the Second Amendment across the fruited plains.
... (though this is inconsistent with his position on the Federal Marriage Amendment which some supporters have indicated F.Thompson has due to a federalism argument. Of course that has yet to be fully developed)

Ltm, I think the important difference is that marriage is not mentioned in the Constitution and therefore is left to the states (unless an amendment is passed to the Constitution) while the 2nd A is a part of the Constitution and therefore applies to the entire nation.

This would also be the problem Rudy has with trying to say his previous gun grabbing is OK because of Federalism. He's trying to say that any law should be interpreted differently in different parts of the country and ignoring the fact that, if it's in the Constitution, it covers all of us everywhere in the USA. And Rudy is WAY too good a lawyer not to know better IMO.