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To: holdonnow

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“There is an individual right to bear arms, but it is subject to common-sense regulation, just like most of our rights are subject to common-sense regulation.”

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So according to “constitutional law professor” Barak Obama, our RIGHTS are subject to COMMON SENSE regulation???


11 posted on 02/27/2008 9:05:27 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom
So according to “constitutional law professor” Barak Obama, our RIGHTS are subject to COMMON SENSE regulation???

Only SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED RIGHTS like freedom of speech, right to keep and bear arms, etc. For the penumbra rights (those not enumerated but invented out of whole cloth under the priveleges and immunities clause of the 14th amendment for example) such as the right to abortion on demand, there is no such thing as a common sense regulation that should apply.

12 posted on 02/27/2008 9:13:53 AM PST by VRWCmember (McCain 2008 - If it's inevitable, you might as well lay back and try to enjoy it.)
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