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I get your larger point. But the Bill of Rights does not grant any rights, it merely acknowledges them. This is an essential distinction.

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used to be the constitution prescribed what the federal gov't can do. The rest was left up to the states

bill of rights list what the feds cannot touch, which is why nyc gets away with banning handgun among innocent law abiding citizens but ask any one and you can get one.....

we'll see if this unpopular regime tries to "control" guns....

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I think SCOTUS ruled that the states are incorporated into the bill of rights. they get away with it anyway.

“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”

— Lysander Spooner

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this ought to be good for another few thousand departures

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