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Why is diminishing the 4th amendment acceptable, but not the 2nd

Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:22 am
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21764 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:22 am
I am curious as to why some on here are so opposed to the idea of diminishing the second amendment in the name of security. Especially considering that the 4th amendment was sacrificed for essentially the same purpose and was cheered on at the time and repeatedly, even within the last few weeks (Patriot Act, FISA, 702, asset forfeiture, various SCOTUS cases, etc.).

Why is sacrificing your rights for security acceptable for some things, but not others?
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68544 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:23 am to
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Why is diminishing the 4th amendment acceptable

It's not
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Posted by ScottFowler
NE Ohio
Member since Sep 2012
4699 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:23 am to
Don't like that BS either...
Just another reason to hate/vote against the Uniparty.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
177195 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:24 am to
How about we just stop adding stuff to the bill of rights that aren’t in them. Like the “separation of church and state”.
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21764 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:24 am to
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It's not
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Most Americans (left and right) dont seem to have a problem with it (including a significant portion of this board).
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
88930 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:24 am to
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Patriot Act, FISA, 702, asset forfeiture,


Are you ever on this board?

I never see ANYBODY supporting ANY of these things.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
63253 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:24 am to
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was cheered on at the time and repeatedly, even within the last few weeks (Patriot Act, FISA, 702, asset forfeiture, various SCOTUS cases, etc.)
False premise.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31517 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:25 am to
Because the unreasonable searches and seizures are only against the bad guys.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86041 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:26 am to
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Are you ever on this board?

I never see ANYBODY supporting ANY of these things.


Trump reissuing FISA with no amendments, even though he was aware of its abuses, was conveniently ignored by many
Posted by CleverUserName
Member since Oct 2016
17405 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:26 am to
Have you not been paying attention to the outrage over the Obama admin abuses of the FISA process?
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21764 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:26 am to
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I never see ANYBODY supporting ANY of these things.


There was a large contingent of "patriots" that supported Patriot Act, 702, and their associated renewals, not to mention some on this board that still support asset forfeiture.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86041 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:27 am to
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Have you not been paying attention to the outrage over the Obama admin abuses of the FISA process?


Yet no outrage about the current admin reissuing the same process with no amendments to try and fix the abuses?
Posted by DisplacedBuckeye
Member since Dec 2013
76732 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:27 am to
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Like the “separation of church and state”.




2/10
Posted by buckeye_vol
Member since Jul 2014
35379 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:28 am to
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Most Americans (left and right) dont seem to have a problem with it (including a significant portion of this board).
Maybe most Americans don’t have a problem with it but I completely disagree with the "significant portion of this board" part of your statement. It's one of the rare topics that brings out universal disgust from the majority of the board, regardless of ideology or political affiliation.
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21764 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:28 am to
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Have you not been paying attention to the outrage over the Obama admin abuses of the FISA process?


Just because they got caught weaponizing it doesnt change that it was passed emphatically by the right.

Bad laws are bad laws regardless of who passes or enforces them.
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21764 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:29 am to
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Because the unreasonable searches and seizures are only against the bad guys.


Of course .
Posted by Pdubntrub
Member since Jan 2018
1779 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:31 am to
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How about we just stop adding stuff to the bill of rights that aren’t in them. Like the “separation of church and state”.

Everything that associates with the state becomes corrupt. Not separating church and state has had terrible consequences for us. Forcing morality by using guns and locking people in cages is a far cry from Christ-like
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21764 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:32 am to
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Maybe most Americans don’t have a problem with it but I completely disagree with the "significant portion of this board" part of your statement. It's one of the rare topics that brings out universal disgust from the majority of the board, regardless of ideology or political affiliation.


I would like to go back to 2015 when the USA Freedom act was passed and get a general consensus about how many were in favor then. I suspect it was a good plurality of this board.
This post was edited on 2/15/18 at 8:33 am
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:34 am to
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Why is diminishing the 4th amendment acceptable,
Same thing can be said for nearly the entire Constitution. But the 2nd has been greatly diminished and violated. All gun permits and gun control is violation of 2nd Amendment bc all gun control is infringement.
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:50 am to
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Why is diminishing the 4th amendment acceptable


It's not to the Conservatives. It is to the left.
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