I've noticed a growing trend amongst this new breed of self-proclaimed Constitutional scholars who use the infallibility of The Found Fathers to back up any number of antiquated statutes.
The problem I have with this, however, is the same I have with many religious (not just Christian) fundamentalists, which is a tendency to pick and choose which things they want to defend, ignoring the less palatable bits.
In other words, if you try to cite The Constitution as a perfect, static document allowing everyone to have all the guns, be prepared for me to do the same thing when I make my argument for the legality of slavery, because that's in there, too.
Also, if you ever even imply that taxation is unconstitutional, I just assume you've never actually read The Constitution (See the 16th Amendment). Oh, and if you argue that it's not taxes but the IRS that's illegal, I'll gladly support the dissolution of the IRS as a means of assessing and collecting taxes if you're willing to give up all your bullets, but keep the guns.
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