Court: ‘ghost gun’ plans can be posted online without State Department approval

Re:Court: ‘ghost gun’ plans can be posted online without Sta... by krapp on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:21PM (#26975902)

The Declaration of Independence doesn't claim rights are derived from human nature, but that "certain inalienable rights" are "Endowed by [a] Creator."

So I guess that solves it. We can have all the guns we want because God said so.

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Re:Court: ‘ghost gun’ plans can be posted online without Sta... by rainbowzootsuit on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:19PM (#26976750)

The Declaration of Independence isn't part of the U.S. Constitution. The words "god" or "creator" don't appear in the Constitution or Bill of Rights that I'm aware of. It seems quite secular.

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

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Re:Court: ‘ghost gun’ plans can be posted online without Sta... by yeetawayhn on Thursday April 29, 2021 @11:52AM (#26982751)

The Declaration of Independence is not a legally binding document either.

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Re:Court: ‘ghost gun’ plans can be posted online without Sta... by rainbowzootsuit on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:16AM (#27006496)

Thanks, that's what I was getting at if I was unclear. It predates the Constitution by more than a decade, with an abandoned Articles of Confederation in the middle.

It's historically important, but not legally meaningful when talking about the later US Constitution of 1789.

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Re:Court: ‘ghost gun’ plans can be posted online without Sta... by atat7024 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:25PM (#26986255)

Honestly? Those words seem like they could be interpreted as being intended as timeless placeholders.

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