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Re: Markoff on Clipper III
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
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