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Post by Gingerbread Man on Nov 27, 2013 15:21:52 GMT
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Post by LowKey on Jan 15, 2014 20:26:28 GMT
Okay, at least one person has voted that knife bans are Constitutional. I would be interested in hearing their reasoning for that position. My position is that such bans are in violation of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution- "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Knives=Arms Therefore- "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear knives shall not be infringed."
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Post by RTF Squared on Jan 16, 2014 0:09:30 GMT
The reasoning was misunderstanding the question. I voted yes because I thought it said "Are knife bans unconstitutional?" All there really is to discuss is how reading skills are perishable as any other. I like words and pokey/cutty things, I swear! And Murika, constitutions and eagles and shit! Going to play devil's advocate with a really weak argument. I consider a knife more like a tool than a weapon. It cuts things, pokes holes in them, ect. Tools aren't constitutionally protected. Many 2A advocates are also playing the "gun/knife is a tool, the person is the weapon" argument. There is nothing in the constitution that the right to keep and bear tools shall not be infringed. So hammers, Dremel tools, drill presses and sandpaper as well as knives enjoy no constitutional protection, based on this weak ass argument. On that note, I propose surface area restrictions on hammers, certain sawtooth patterns be outlawed and that nasty ass 40 grit sandpaper be legislated into extinction. As we head towards the Idiocracy of 2505 at full steam, these common sense legislations will prevent hammered thumbs, missing limbs and mistaking 40 grit for tissues while watching Masturbation Network's "Sweet Bang Tube." For the children yo.  |
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Jan 16, 2014 1:53:49 GMT
I would argue strongly that tools and possessing them is constitutionally protected. It's our right to have private property, it's our right to work, and it's our right to possess the implements of our vocations. I would have to say that this right is most certainly covered by two of my favorite amendments; the 9th and the 10th.
Be-lee dat. South Carolina representin'.
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Post by RTF Squared on Jan 16, 2014 2:17:52 GMT
Oh damn that pesky "Don't pick this moefaux apart and find loopholes" amendment. As quickly pointed out by the House of Representin' bans on just about any item held as personal property are pretty absurd, regardless of their intended purpose.
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