AnimusRex
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ORIGINAL: shavedmeat The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others. You don't say? Try this on for size... In order to confiscate my rifle, the government would have to charge me with a crime, allow me to respond, be represented by attorney, then hold a public hearing, with all the rules of procedure, assumption of innocence, until finally, upon proving that I had somehow committed a felony, confiscate the rifle. On the other hand, as they did with Jose Padilla, the government could simply detain me at the airport, throw me into a military brig, without charges, representation, a trial, without any sort of evidence, and hold me in prison for as long as they wished, at the whim of the Executive. Oh, and while I am rotting in prison? My rifle is safe and secure, in my hall closet, enjoying the full protections of the 2nd Amendment. So if you don't mind, I suggest one more to add to your list of bon mots...(French for "bumper sticker") "If you don't support all of your rights- then you don't support any."
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