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cstanleytech

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8. No, he is doing this to protest gun licensing laws. It does not make any sense though as the

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 07:15 AM

Oct 2017

Constitution specifically gives the government the ability to regulate guns via the "well regulated" part but there is no such clause allowing them to regulate the press and in fact the Constitution specifically is written to prevent the government from interfering with the press.

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They are actually drafting legistration in Indiana to make reporters to have a reports's license! [View all] imanamerican63 Oct 2017 OP

Don't journalists already have some kind of license or special ID? coolsandy Oct 2017 #1

Article about that legislation and the idiot who drafted it: highplainsdem Oct 2017 #2

Fascist. yardwork Oct 2017 #3

Every other Republican state is probably watching closely rurallib Oct 2017 #6

Another idiocy from Mike Pence's home state dalton99a Oct 2017 #4

Unconstitutional attempt to restrain the Free Press elehhhhna Oct 2017 #5

But guns, no license needed. JDC Oct 2017 #7

No, he is doing this to protest gun licensing laws. It does not make any sense though as the cstanleytech Oct 2017 #8

That is going nowhere. Indiana isn't going to rewrite the Constitution. Idiots! democratisphere Oct 2017 #9