# Monday, July 21, 2008
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Quote of the day--Arkansas Supreme Court

If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.

Arkansas Supreme Court
1878
[Somewhere along the way people believed the state had the authority to prevent crime. This should be a hot button for freedom loving people. Even the classic restriction on the 1st Amendment, "You can't falsely shout fire in a crowded theater" is a punishment for doing something wrong. The Washington D.C. gun law mindset equivalent would be to have your jaw wired shut with duct over your mouth when you go into a theater.--Joe]

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Joe Huffman  Monday, July 21, 2008 5:35:05 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [1]  |  Trackback Related posts:
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Monday, July 21, 2008 11:58:14 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
The fact that "You can't falsely shout fire in a crowded theater" does not represent a restriction on free speech. It's a restriction against malicious fraud. It has no bearing on the stating of opinions, beliefs, or facts, or on the manner or scope of dissemination.

Likewise, a law against shooting innocent people is not a restriction on your right to keep and bear arms. It's a restriction against shooting innocent people. It has no bearing on the manufacture, trade, storage, type, quantity, power, capacity, or carrying of arms.

Hence, use of the "shouting fire in a crowded theater" argument to show that "rights have reasonable restrictions" is in itself a fraud.
Lyle
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