Don Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >I don't know what part of "shall not be violated" is hard to understand. > > One wouldn't think so, but I am always amazed. > > I am of the mind that it is also un-American to quote without understanding > the meaning of the our Constitution and, again, I'm always amazed. > I maintain that not allowing a law abiding citizen to check an unregulated piece of luggage onto an airline is "unreasonable ... seizure." A 40 psi pony in my luggage is about as dangerous as a can of shaving cream. (Before we revisit this nonsense about hiding something in a pony tank, a Bad Guy could do the same thing with a can of shaving cream.) > Speaking of well regulated militia, I noticed that when flying through > Florida this week that the well regulated militia where carrying M-16's. I > wouldn't want to be in a crowded terminal when they were fired. Here in > the mid-west I have only seen the well regulated militia with 9 mm > sidearms, although a friend told me he had seen larger weapons at O'Hare > recently. > Are you sure they are militia and not military? There is a difference. My stint in the militia ends next year. I've never been in the military. > > These are different times, my friends. > That's the usual excuse for curtailing freedom. It's still as un-American as it's was on 9/10/01. It's was the excuse for putting many law abiding Americans in camps the last time we were attacked. > Dive and travel safe, > > /Don > But less free... -- kc