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To: spunkets
The Commerce clause is not all encompassing. It was only meant to give the Feds trade control so no State could impose tariffs and restrictions on another State.

Arbitrary restriction and violation of a protected Right was no part of the power given to the Feds.

Get over it. Don't be part of the problem...

25 posted on 12/21/2007 1:14:11 PM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse
,i>"The Commerce clause is not all encompassing. It was only meant to give the Feds trade control so no State could impose tariffs and restrictions on another State."

No. The Commerce Clause is general and applies to any regulation of any market. In particular, one of the motivations for holding the COnstitutional Convention was to break up and prevent monopolies, such as the shoe monopoly that ticked folks in a bunch of states off back then.

"Arbitrary restriction and violation of a protected Right was no part of the power given to the Feds."

There's nothing arbitrary about having a list of prohibited persons and keeping them from engaging in any market. That includes the firearms and explosives market. The disqualifiers aren't arbitrary either. Felons have lost their right through legislative action and so have mental cases that have been adjudicated a danger to self, or others.

28 posted on 12/21/2007 1:30:18 PM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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