Comments on: Another Reporter Gets It Wrong In Anger and Grief. http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/14/another-reporter-gets-it-wrong-in-anger-and-grief/ Men's Rights Activism, MRA Politics, Analysis, Commentary and Global News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:39:56 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: wblackburn http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/14/another-reporter-gets-it-wrong-in-anger-and-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-16315 wblackburn Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:59:23 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/14/another-reporter-gets-it-wrong-in-anger-and-grief/#comment-16315 <i>Our amendment – the freedom of the press – says that Congress shall make no law, but states and others may. It is not absolute. We have responsibilities. Our second amendment – also your amendment and everyone else’s – has no such language, it is absolute and says shall not be infringed. We, too, have responsibilities, and we meet them well.</i> It seems to me that far too many people, even on the Right, seem to misunderstand that distinction. I even had a person try to claim that States (and smaller bodies) only had the power to INCREASE liberties from the basis laid down by the Constitution and the Federal Government when I had pointed out that the First Amendment only prohibits the Congress from making laws restricting speech, and that, say, a College, actually DID have the right to restrict what goes into the College newspaper. I know we don't want to start down the road of censorship at any level in most places, but, as you point out, the First Amendment is not an absolute in terms of being applied at all levels of Government, whereas the Second Amendment IS. Our amendment – the freedom of the press – says that Congress shall make no law, but states and others may. It is not absolute. We have responsibilities. Our second amendment – also your amendment and everyone else’s – has no such language, it is absolute and says shall not be infringed. We, too, have responsibilities, and we meet them well.

It seems to me that far too many people, even on the Right, seem to misunderstand that distinction. I even had a person try to claim that States (and smaller bodies) only had the power to INCREASE liberties from the basis laid down by the Constitution and the Federal Government when I had pointed out that the First Amendment only prohibits the Congress from making laws restricting speech, and that, say, a College, actually DID have the right to restrict what goes into the College newspaper.

I know we don’t want to start down the road of censorship at any level in most places, but, as you point out, the First Amendment is not an absolute in terms of being applied at all levels of Government, whereas the Second Amendment IS.

]]> By: SayUncle » The price is wrong - updated http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/14/another-reporter-gets-it-wrong-in-anger-and-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-16304 SayUncle » The price is wrong - updated Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:22:42 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/14/another-reporter-gets-it-wrong-in-anger-and-grief/#comment-16304 [...] Someone else wrote her a letter in Another reporter calls for the banning of weapons of those who didn’t do the shooting. [...] [...] Someone else wrote her a letter in Another reporter calls for the banning of weapons of those who didn’t do the shooting. [...]

]]> By: Black Bear Blog » Blog Archive » Does Your First Amendment Rights Trump My Second Amenment Rights? http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/14/another-reporter-gets-it-wrong-in-anger-and-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-16276 Black Bear Blog » Blog Archive » Does Your First Amendment Rights Trump My Second Amenment Rights? Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:04:17 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/08/14/another-reporter-gets-it-wrong-in-anger-and-grief/#comment-16276 [...] Good question and I would guess, no I know some people think so. John Longenecker from Men’s News Daily has written a column which is a response to an editorial written by Jenny Price a free lance writer and research scholar at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women, in the LA Times. [...] [...] Good question and I would guess, no I know some people think so. John Longenecker from Men’s News Daily has written a column which is a response to an editorial written by Jenny Price a free lance writer and research scholar at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women, in the LA Times. [...]

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