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The supreme court's definition of "arms" is not something that can be changed by passing a law. Just like you couldn't hack the second amendment by defining ar
by animefan 11y ago
The supreme court's definition of "arms" is not something that can be changed by passing a law. Just like you couldn't hack the second amendment by defining arms to be muskets.
- feld 11y agoI don't understand what you're saying. Did you miss the entire reference that XKCD strip was about? You do know that we had to fight to remove encryption as being classified as a weapon and instead protected as free speech, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States
- jakeogh 11y agoWe shouldn't have had to argue that. If it's either speech or an arm (and it's both), it's inalienable.