It is my considered personal opinion that if one of the other Amendments were being given the same treatment as the Second Amendment, there would be much public concern. Second Amendment, by the way, is not about guns, it is about the personal God given right to self protection by any means.
I propose, in the interest of equality, the First Amendment be subject to any limitation placed on Second Amendment. To wit... A ten word limit, special government issued permit to speak, waiting period with background check to insure that you are not an offending speaker, and if you are a prohibited speaker prison for possession and use of speech. Further, possession of rapid speech devices [teleprompters, news cameras, bull horns, and newspaper printing devices] should require a special BATF tax stamp which cost $2000 per serial numbered item [or more] and expensive and exhaustive background checks taking over 6 months. Also, no such item made after 1968 could be sold or transfer ownership. All in favor say "Aye"... [voice vote, no need to put it on Congressional record how you voted, election coming up, you know. Favorite quote of Will Rodgers: "Thank God we don't get all the government we pay for" Respectfully, Grant... On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 4:15 AM, LarryT via Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: > ;-) Good memory... he was typical of the people writing the regulations > that will rule our lives,,, Dude,.... it would be laughable if it weren't > so tragic. (I assume everyone knows what we are talking about?) > > Larry > > > On 9/12/2014 2:01 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: > >> "Dude, that was like...2 years ago!" >> >> Greg >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mercedes [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew >> Strasfogel via Mercedes >> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:24 PM >> To: Mitch Haley; Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] N >> >> That's ancient history. >> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> What anti-gun laws? >>>> >>>> Possession of handguns by non-government employees was totally banned >>> in both District of Criminals and Chitcago for decades before recently >>> being overturned by the Supreme Court. And by totally banned, I mean >>> they considered it a felony to have one inside your home that you >>> never took anywhere. >>> OTOH, if you were an anti-gun newspaper writer, it was not only OK to >>> have a handgun, you could shoot a kid for swimming in your pool >>> without permission and not face charges. (Carl Rowan) >>> >>> Most people would consider that an "anti-gun law". >>> >>> Mitch. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list >>> owner has no control over the content of the messages of each >>> contributor. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
