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In article <9212171023.AA41266@chaos.intercon.com> amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
>> Just curious, Amanda--does that mean you also think you have the right 
>> to keep and bear your own nukes? 
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><raised eyebrow> well, comparing cryptosystems to "nukes" seems a bit far-
>fetched, but I do indeed support the right of private citizens to keep and 
>bear any type of military hardware.  In simple terms, my answer to your 
>question is "The right?  Yes.  The necessary HAZMAT facilities and licenses?  
>No."
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>I'm really *quite* a strong supporter of the second amendment (and the rest 
>of the Bill of Rights), and interpret it in quite strong terms (as did, in 
>fact, the people who wrote it--read Jefferson's writings).
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>However, this is getting a little far afield for sci.crypt :)...
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>Amanda Walker
>InterCon Systems Corporation
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You'd know this better than me but doesn't the amendment that grants the
right to bear arms say something about a local militis being seen as a
necessity "so the right to bear arms shall not be infringed"?  Would you
use your crypto-susyem to support your local militia.

Richard