From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
To: “Mark M.” <cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-16 05:56:36 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 13:56:36 +0800
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
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