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Originally Posted by RPKESQ View Post
Really? So any restriction on a "right" is reduces it to something less than a "right"?

Free speech (slander, libel, shouting "fire" in a crowded venue when no fire is present, etc.)

Voting- (convicted felon)

Pursuit of Happiness - (pedophiles, con artists, etc.)
Those are inuries. Having the right to keep and bear arms doesn't give me the "right" to walk down the street shooting people. The right to free speech doesn't give me a right to lie. I don't think the US presently allows any religion that practices human sacrifice.
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