"Obama's position is that if a majority of people in a local community want to ban guns in their community they should be legally able to do so."
And if the majority of people in a local community want to ban Catholics or blacks should they be legally able to so so? Should the majority of people in New York be able to ban the New York Sun and the New York Times? Banning people and opinions are also some long standing traditions the Constitution forbids.
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Julia
Mar 18, 2008 11:13
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