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Do Americans have a 2nd amendment right to surface to air missiles? (Original Post) Renew Deal Dec 2024 OP
Yes! Haggard Celine Dec 2024 #1
If you take the 2nd Amendment literally DFW Dec 2024 #2
That's true. Haggard Celine Dec 2024 #4
My daughter is the legal genius in the family, not me DFW Dec 2024 #8
What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." don't you under stand? I'm dem4decades Dec 2024 #3
I wonder if they could only be used to target billionares private jets.... getagrip_already Dec 2024 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #6
Yeah, it's called: The right to stand your sky! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 2024 #7

Haggard Celine

(17,821 posts)
1. Yes!
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 10:08 AM
Dec 2024

Whether it's guns or missiles, they're all part of the right to bear arms. Maybe I should beg for money to buy myself some nukes. What could be more American than that?

DFW

(60,182 posts)
2. If you take the 2nd Amendment literally
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 10:16 AM
Dec 2024

Last edited Fri Dec 13, 2024, 01:49 PM - Edit history (1)

If you can carry (i.e. “bear” ) such a missile, you have a right to do so.

On the other hand, if you take the 2nd Amendment as literally as many Republicans, it gives you the right to keep and bear arms. Nowhere in that, or any other amendment, is it specifically stated that you have the right to load and fire them.

DFW

(60,182 posts)
8. My daughter is the legal genius in the family, not me
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 01:48 PM
Dec 2024

She’s five times as smart as I am. That’s why she earns five times as much as I do.

But if she were on the Supreme Court, she probably wouldn’t last long. A few of Trump’s recently pardoned militiamen would not rest until they had done a “permanent impeachment” on her.

dem4decades

(14,057 posts)
3. What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." don't you under stand? I'm
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 10:25 AM
Dec 2024

shopping for an Abrams tank right now, with gas going to be free in the next Administration it seems to make a lot of sense.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
5. I wonder if they could only be used to target billionares private jets....
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 11:15 AM
Dec 2024

How long scotus would take to enact arms control?

I wonder?

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