Re:The guy making it easy to 3D print yourself a real gun
by hobbyjogger on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @09:15PM
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>Do we not ban books anymore because our governments and societies are so much more enlightened or because the internet makes it completely useless?
Book bans (in general, with few exceptions) have been recognized as unconstitutional far, far longer than we've had mass adoption of the internet.[1]
Here's the Supreme Court in 1982:
"Local school boards may not remove books from school library shelves simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books …"
Book bans (in general, with few exceptions) have been recognized as unconstitutional far, far longer than we've had mass adoption of the internet.[1]
Here's the Supreme Court in 1982: "Local school boards may not remove books from school library shelves simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books …"
[1] http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/banned-books