The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47

Re:The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47 by SkyAtWork on Friday December 21, 2012 @12:33PM (#4953607)

This seems (to me) more a 1st amendment issue - freedom of speech/press/petition?

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Re:The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47 by mindcrime on Friday December 21, 2012 @12:38PM (#4953623)

I don't know... given that the US government has classified crypto as "munitions" in some situations, I'm not so sure that it doesn't make sense to consider the Internet as "arms" in a sense. OK maybe it's a bit of a stretch, but it's not completely implausible.

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Re:The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47 by beatgammit on Friday December 21, 2012 @01:04PM (#4953742)

From a Google search (using the noun version):

> Munition: Military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and stores.

I already think that classifying crypto as "munitions" is a pretty big stretch, and if they try to lump the entire Internet in the same group, then we might need to use the 2nd amendment in it's original meaning (call up the NRA and get a real militia going).

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