Re: 9th Amendment: a dead letter?

In news:x-5F8C5E.18550401052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Larry
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> wrote: 

> There is a right to self-defense.  However, self-defense only applies
> to the use of force in a given situation; it doesn't apply to the 
> possession of weapons.

How so?

But even so, why would the right to own or possess a weapon (whatever
that might be) be any different from the right to own or possess any
other thing? 

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Bert Hyman	St. Paul, MN	bert@[EMAIL PROTECTED]