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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI need the help of constitutional lawyers or those who can make more sense...
of the constitution than I can.
Is there ANYWHERE in the constitution or its amendments that grants or authorizes the people of the US to launch or explode devices that look or sound like the results of a war zone?
If you can answer, please site the phrase of the constitution or amendment that allows it.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for my ignorance.
Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)That which is not expressly prohibited is implicitly allowed.
But I understand your frustration. I hate fireworks.
iemanja
(53,072 posts)LoisB
(7,234 posts)LoisB
(7,234 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,443 posts)even though illeagel. if they cause a fire , they get the suppression bill
RockRaven
(15,012 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,099 posts)Look to your local zoning and state regulations.
LeftInTX
(25,563 posts)Not everything is in the constitution:
Parking and towing, speeding tickets, code compliance, drugs....the list goes on....
Takket
(21,634 posts)Enter stage left
(3,398 posts)So it applies to medical rights too?
Enter stage left
(3,398 posts)could it apply to gun laws as well?
Frasier Balzov
(2,668 posts)As long as your 2A rights under the U.S. Constitution are not violated.
Enter stage left
(3,398 posts)Alito's response to abortion)
"Ensure domestic Tranquility"...(jumping ahead)..."and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, to ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.
UNDERLINING MINE
Frasier Balzov
(2,668 posts)We all agree with that, as long as the judicial branch is capable of interpreting the document correctly and applying it to the realities of the present day.
FBaggins
(26,760 posts)
doesnt mean a personal right to peace and quiet without noisy disturbances (runways, traffic, fireworks, neighbors kids music).
They were forming a union between independent states. Domestic tranquillity meant keeping those states from fighting with each other.
Just as common defense meant that they would defend each other (states) - not a standing single army
multigraincracker
(32,727 posts)that it never mentions guns or firearms. There seem to be more laws regulating other arms like knifes and swords than guns.