popsjumper 2 #126 October 10, 2005 Quote..."You can't fire Martha because she just stands around yakking all day - she's exercising her right to free speech! And since Dave spends his day making little religious statues instead of answering the phones, you have to give him a raise. He has a right to express his religion." Martha and Dave both probably have cases being handled by the ACLU. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #127 October 11, 2005 Quote>A nuke is not a gun (an "arm" as envisioned in the 2nd Amendment) . . . So would it be fair to say that everyone in the US has the right to bear arms, but "arms" does not equal "any weapon?" That is a fair statement, in my opinion. There is no debate over the right to own nukes. Kallend is just using that for "sport" in his attempt to hijack the thread from its original topic and destroy it. The gun debate is over "where to draw the line", and crew-served weapons have never really played a role in that debate. It's all about which "small arms", or firearms, should be permissable to own. Of course, things like nukes and grenades kill lots of people indiscriminately. While firearms kill only those which you are aiming at and which you intend to kill. That's a big difference. If you are being carjacked, you don't want to detonate a nuke, but you certainly might be justified in shooting your attacker. I can't even envision a scenario where a private citizen would be justified in using a nuke... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
