Re: 9th Amendment: a dead letter?

Larry wrote:
> In article <KEQSj.98422$Er2.66711@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  Magus <nope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Larry wrote:
>>> In article <H8QSj.107$aA1.29@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>  "Scout" <me4guns@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Larry" <x@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> news:x-CDE4FD.21502402052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> In article <K4PSj.13965$Bb3.13867@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> "Scout" <me4guns@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Deadrat" <a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> news:6vOSj.119$nl7.45@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> "Herb Martin" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:481baa29$1$30516
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>>>>>>>> "Larry" <x@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>> In article <6TMSj.1591$qW.514@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>> "Scout" <me4guns@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why is it everyone here thinks that the "strict scrutiny"
standard is
>>>>>>>>> the windfall by which all laws fail?
>>>>>>>> Name a gun control law that has or can pass "Strict Scrutiny"?
>>>>>>> Do you have a cite that says that gun control laws must pass
strict
>>>>>>> scrutiny?
>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>> The Constitution of the United States of America.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unless you are going to tell us it's not a set of law, but rather a
list 
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> suggestions.
>>>>> Where within that source does the phrase "strict scrutiny" appear?
>>>> Quite right. I accept your admission that ANY violation of our rights
is 
>>>> contrary to the language of the Constitution.
>>>>
>>>> There. Happy?
>>>>
>>>> I mean I was willing to give you a little slack, but seems you want
to 
>>>> hold 
>>>> me right to the letter of the Constitution.
>>> Why can't I go to the governor's mansion and protest in his bedroom? 
I 
>>> mean, I have the right to free speech, and not letting me speak in his

>>> bedroom is a violation of my rights!
>> Until it infringes upon the equal rights of another...
> 
> Ahhh, so the rights aren't absolute.  Got it.

As an example, your right to masturbate within the confines of your home 
are absolute--until another individual enters the equation, you take it 
outside where other individuals become involved, or you invade another's 
property.

But then again, I'm not the one claiming an absolute right to do 
anything that affects anyone else.