NO! How about if someone told the press they could not use electronic keyboards, but had to control the speed of delivery of news, by having to use a manual type-writer and one finger only? How about if before the press could publish in a newspaper, they had to pay a fee, submit fingerprints and under-go a backround check and and while travelling had to keep the type writer in the back seat and the paper in the trunk? (sound absurd? well it is)
"This laying of moral blame for violent crime at the feet of the law-abiding, and the implicit absolution of violent criminals for their misdeeds, naturally infuriates honest gun owners."
I abhore porn, liberal newspapers and Archie Comics, but for me to want them banned would mean I have no respect for the 1st Amendment. Why is it that the 2nd gets hacked and whittled but if someone went after the 1st, there would be civil HELL to pay?
"The Bill of Rights is the list of the fundamental, inalienable rights, endowed in man by his Creator, that define what it means to be a free and independent people, the rights which must exist to ensure that government governs only with the consent of the people."
Just remember, bro, the 1st Amendment has been hacked already, by our current president, who said he didn't like CFR, but signed it anyway!!!. CFR is nothing short of an unconstitutional infringement on the 1st, and (to the chagrin of those who would like to cast me as a "one issue voter") the reason Bush will not get my vote again. This crap about him supporting the AWB just reaffirms my decision.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
You are kidding aren't you? The first is under heavy attack and no civil hell at all. Remember the part about the free exercise of religion?