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[QUOTE]Originally posted by irishchieftain: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by RRRICH: [i] Smitty -- you're one of those "the constitution says we have a right to bear arms, so it's OK" guys, eh? Welllllllllll -- the constitution also at one time made it legal for rich white men to own black slaves. Does that make that right? The constitution also at one time said women could not and should not vote -- does that make that right? So why should something written 200+ years about the "right to bear arms" (while we were still aggresively fighting against England) still be "right" today? That's all I am going to say -- let's get back to trains.......... [/i][/QUOTE]Where did the US constitution ever explicitly affirm chattel ownership of black slaves [i]or[/i] bans on female enfranchisement...? Never did. One might argue that about the constitutions of certain states, but not the US constitution, even in the "three-fifths" clause of Article 1 section 2 or the "migration or importation" clause of Article 1 section 9 when it comes to slavery (implied but never explicit, otherwise [b]all[/b] states would have been slave states); and absolute silence when it comes to women's suffrage. Never mind that a right specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights has nothing to do with the TSA's activities that I can see. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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