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Re:Supreme Court pick: ISPs have First Amendment right to bl... by DannyB2 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @10:07AM (#17506989)
Packets are data. Not explosives. Not dangerous chemicals.

Packets may even be encrypted. And increasingly, they are.

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Re:Supreme Court pick: ISPs have First Amendment right to bl... by User23 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @05:21PM (#17510378)
An AR 15 lower is not explosive or a dangerous chemical. It’s no more dangerous than any other couple pound hunk of metal. But common carriers choose not to transport them even though it’s safe and legal.
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Re:Supreme Court pick: ISPs have First Amendment right to bl... by manfredo on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:15PM (#17524216)
> But common carriers choose not to transport them even though it’s safe and legal.

No, common carriers choose not to ship them precisely because it isn't legal (unless the sender and recipients are FFLs). Common carriers are usually fine with shipping muzzleloaders and pre '98 guns (all of which can be shipped and received by non FFLs).

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