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Old 07-22-2022, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by justjim View Post
With all due respect, perhaps the 2nd amendment is subject to interpretation and is not unlimited. Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia thought so. For example we have free speech and freedom of the press by the 1st amendment but there are limits such as liability in defamation of your character etc. Having the ability to carry “arms” perhaps has its limits too. You can drive a car but you can’t drive drunk - I could go on but you can see where Iam going with this. “Like most rights, the right secured by the second amendment is not unlimited,” Scalia wrote as he laid out exceptions “the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” Justice Antonin Scalia
Hmm, I agree, but I expect Scalia was just a "conservative in name only" (CINO)... ahem... (sarcasm)