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Originally Posted by SlaveNoMore
Ty - I'll grant you this, that's a damn good one. Bravo.
Off my head, we need a "prescribed" war, right?
So no, I would think that Amendment is clear. Are you comfortable with President Gavin commandeering Nanook's and his family's igloo for some Neo-Con fake war?
SlaveNo(As you are a Tech Guy, I'd prefer we talk hypos on the 4th)More
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My point is just that constitutional rights are maybe not more important than life and death. I think most people would say to my hypo, if US citizens are going to get killed (by Russians) unless we ignore the Third Amendment, f*ck the Third Amendment. Likewise, many people are saying, since US citizens are getting killed (by other people with too-easy access to guns), let's roll back the Second Amendment. Saying that takes away your constitutional rights is kinda missing the point. As someone else said in a different context, the Constitution is not a suicide pact.
All that coming from someone who likes to shoot, and thinks that guns, like abortion, should be safe, legal and rare.
