From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 13:56:36 +0800
To: "Mark M." <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Markoff on Clipper III
Message-ID: <199607152221.PAA17923@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 01:30 PM 7/15/96 -0400, Mark M. wrote:

>Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that firearms (or crypto in this case)
>are a threat to national security.  In fact, the second amendment explicitly
>dictates that people have the right to own firearms. 

No, it says "arms," not "firearms."   Firearms are a subset of "arms," which 
a nearby dictionary defines as "objects used as weapons."  By that 
definition, chemicals and biologicals, as well as explosives of all sorts, 
are "arms."

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com