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To: tahiti
"Company parking lots" are private property.

So are the vehicles of workers.

Why is the NRA advocating the expansion of unconstitutional government power on private property?

They are advocating the lawful use of government authority to protect indiviudal Rights. *That* is the primary purpose of the government in a Free society.

The real irony here is that corporations would not even exist if not for the "expansion of government power" in the first place. Individuals exist on their own. Corporations would not exist if not for the complicated laws and regulations enacted by the government.

Like many other states, Oklahoma has two or three "Bill of Rights" protecting property and contracts from interference by government

Only individuals have Rights. Governments do not have Rights, nor do corporations.

How are we going to stop government from enacting "smoke free" ordinances on private property if we celebrate other laws that fit our agenda that also violate private property rights?

Easier said than done. We need to return to a society based on individual Rights and responsibilities.

12 posted on 06/09/2005 7:47:27 PM PDT by Mulder (“The spirit of resistance is so valuable, that I wish it to be always kept alive" Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Mulder
"Only individuals have Rights. Governments do not have Rights, nor do corporations."

If "corporations" do not have "rights" then Congress can "regulate" speech and content in a newspaper, Amendment I to the contrary?

That is not a rhetorical question.

26 posted on 06/10/2005 5:16:35 AM PDT by tahiti
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