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petronius

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3. When it comes to the state banning, restricting, or limiting any item
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:46 PM
Jul 2012

or civil right/liberty, would you say that the primary onus is on

  1. the state to demonstrate a need for the ban, or

  2. the people to demonstrate a need for the item in question?
It's about guns this time, but I think that's a pretty fundamental question in any discussion about rights and public policy...

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