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Why We Must Ban High Capacity Media Magazines
February 1, 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
After all the shootings that have taken place in the last few months, its time that we had a serious talk about public safety and a certain amendment in the Bill of Rights.
No one, except Charles Osgood and CBS, really wants to get rid of the Bill of Rights, but at the same time its important to put the Bill of Rights into context. Not only was the United States Constitution written by homophobes who were against little boys being able to play with gender-neutral EZ Bake ovens, but their primitive technology allowed them to fall into the trap of broadly defining a right without understanding how dangerous that right would become when backed by 21st century technology.
I am speaking of Freedom of the Press of course. Freedom of the Press is one of the more misunderstood elements of the First Amendment.
Press refers to the act of physically printing newspapers through a printing press. The Founders understood that unrestricted ideas were dangerous and should be limited to those who would use them responsibly. That is why they specified a printing press. Certainly they would not have meant that the radio or television, which can broadcast not only words, but voices and images, should have those same protections. And they would no more have extended those protections to the mass media on the internet than they would have allowed every homeowner to own his own AR-15.
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Why We Must Ban High Capacity Media Magazines
February 1, 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
After all the shootings that have taken place in the last few months, its time that we had a serious talk about public safety and a certain amendment in the Bill of Rights.
No one, except Charles Osgood and CBS, really wants to get rid of the Bill of Rights, but at the same time its important to put the Bill of Rights into context. Not only was the United States Constitution written by homophobes who were against little boys being able to play with gender-neutral EZ Bake ovens, but their primitive technology allowed them to fall into the trap of broadly defining a right without understanding how dangerous that right would become when backed by 21st century technology.
I am speaking of Freedom of the Press of course. Freedom of the Press is one of the more misunderstood elements of the First Amendment.
Press refers to the act of physically printing newspapers through a printing press. The Founders understood that unrestricted ideas were dangerous and should be limited to those who would use them responsibly. That is why they specified a printing press. Certainly they would not have meant that the radio or television, which can broadcast not only words, but voices and images, should have those same protections. And they would no more have extended those protections to the mass media on the internet than they would have allowed every homeowner to own his own AR-15.
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Why We Must Ban High Capacity Media Magazines
