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    | The 2nd Amendment vs the Incorporation Doctrine Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
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    | It is only the fallacious belief in the “Incorporation Doctrine,” which interprets the Fourteenth Amendment as giving the Federal Government supreme power over all the States, that many believe the 2nd Amendment trumps a States right to regulate firearms.
 
 It is the responsibility of the people of the States to create rules, regulations and laws that suit their needs. If a State wants to ban all handguns and its people agree, so be it. If a State wants its citizens armed with automatic weapons and its people concur, so be it. However, if the Federal Government attempts to regulate who can own firearms and what types, then the 2nd Amendment comes into play.
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    | Comment by: 
     PHORTO
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    | This view is just F.O.S. 
 The Constitution was written to be amended by the people, and it was so amended by the addition of the 14th Amendment, which extended all protections and proscriptions contained in the Bill of Rights to bind the several states.
 
 And that is just a FACT.
 
 Now, if one wishes to discuss "selective incorporation", an argument to debunk that dubious practice can well be made.
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