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Re:Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line by gyardley on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:03PM (#5554329)
The most likely change to your freedoms is 'none whatsoever' -- tragedies on this scale don't threaten society as a whole and therefore are dealt with by existing laws.
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Re:Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line by CamperBob2 on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:06PM (#5554353)
9/11 didn't threaten society, either. Just a few nutcase cultists who got lucky with a single attack that they couldn't sustain.
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Re:Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line by gyardley on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:16PM (#5554416)
Perhaps. That wasn't particularly evident at the time.
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Re:Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line by jmgrosen on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:08PM (#5554363)
How is the scale of this disaster any different than that of Newtown's? That has obviously had a large political impact.
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Re:Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line by gyardley on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:17PM (#5554428)
I doubt Newtown will have much of a legal impact.
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