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- Subject: Re: Registering "Assault Keys"
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 17 Nov 92 19:47:24 GMT
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- In <1992Nov13.190219.24894@dg-rtp.dg.com> meyers@leonardo.rtp.dg.com (Bill Meyers) writes:
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- >In article <lg5gu8INN1m9@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> williamt@athena.Eng.sun.com (Dances with Drums) writes:
- >[ ... ]
- >> As for registering keys...why do law enforcement officials think
- >>they have a right to know what I am saying to another person. It seems
- >>like this is an infringement on *freedom* of expression -- if my expression
- >>to another person *must* be subject to monitoring, is it really free?
-
-
- >Well, I've had a closer look --
-
- > AMENDMENT I
- > Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
- > of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
- > or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; [etc.]
- > ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^
- >-- and it's perfectly clear that what they _meant_ was your freedom
- >to make a speech, e.g., when trying to get elected to public office.
- >There's nothing in there about other modes of communication, and
- >_certainly_ nothing about keeping secrets from the Government! BTW,
- >the Amendment only limits Congress. Individual states may further
- >limit your means of running for public office, and many of them do.
-
- Other posts have commented on what "freedom of speech" means; I would like
- to add that the 14th Amendment has been considered to have extended the
- First Amendment to apply to State governments, as well; not only the
- Federal government.
-
- >--------
- >This brief entertainment has been brought to you on behalf
- >of the Second-Amendment-is-about-the-National-Guard twits. :-)
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