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Nye Bevan

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7. I'm about as pro-First Amendment as anyone.

Reply to stone space (Original post)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 10:02 AM

Oct 2015

Unlike most here, I even join with the ACLU in supporting the Citizens United decision.

But even I don't see how printing a gun could be considered "speech".

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You might be a First Amendment Extremist if you believe that... [View all] stone space Oct 2015 OP

Welcome back. GGJohn Oct 2015 #1

yes. And I'm sure you can anticipate the technology two hundred years from now. HERVEPA Oct 2015 #3

And a pleasant good morning to you too. GGJohn Oct 2015 #6

Did they foresee the internet upon which you're posting? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #2

It may not be a right in the Constitution but God or Jesus could add it any day! Scuba Oct 2015 #4

Why print an AR when you can just buy one. ileus Oct 2015 #5

I'm about as pro-First Amendment as anyone. Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #7

A translation of information from one form to another Fumesucker Oct 2015 #12

And child porn is also a "translation of information" Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #13

That's up to SCOTUS, they will hear the arguments and decide Fumesucker Oct 2015 #15

Printing a working AR15 with a 3D printer would be a miracle hobbit709 Oct 2015 #8

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic Fumesucker Oct 2015 #11

Bookmarking that post to check back on it in ten years. Orrex Oct 2015 #17

Right wingers and their inconsistencies make my head spin. LonePirate Oct 2015 #9

I remember when some would convert certain files in to text files to basically say. Xyzse Oct 2015 #10

3D printer files ~are~ text files... Fumesucker Oct 2015 #16

Yep, it was fine to have as text. Xyzse Oct 2015 #18

It is things like this that make me wish I had become a lawyer. MindPilot Oct 2015 #14