04-18-2007, 11:57 AM
Beej Wrote:But are you suggesting that there is no reasonable place to draw the line? Should we allow people to lug rocket launchers around?
Sure...if they have the right permits. Damn, I hear this every time. "Well, why don't we just let everyone have NUKES THEN!??!? HUH!??!11eleventy."
Well, BJ, if you want to buy a Tank, or a MiG, or an RPG Launcher, you can. You just have to pay for it. But see heres the thing, all that shit is strictly and heavily regulated already. You can't buy a fully-automatic anything without permits, background checks, and a big fat wad of cash. But if you're willing to put the time, effort, and big wad of cash up on the table...you can have those things.
The trick is this...the second amendment doesn't protect your right to a rocket launcher. Arms vs Ordinance, where guns fall into the first one and artillery (which would include rockets and their launchers) fall into the second.
The line has already been drawn.
I'm going to repeat that.
The line has already been drawn.
There's no need to draw new lines, or re-interpret the (pretty clear, IHMO) second amendment.
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