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Jefferson also felt that that laws and the constitution

Posted on: June 10, 2024 at 12:50:12 CT
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should be changed and amended to reflect progress of society:

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
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Just looked through all the amendments to the constitution - pickle MU - 6/10 10:55:38
     It does seem that Thomas Jefferson felt that the government - JeffB MU - 6/10 11:42:57
          Jefferson also felt that that laws and the constitution - TigerJackSwartz MU - 6/10 12:50:12
               and there exist ways to do just that, what's the debate? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/10 14:53:19
               is that in dispute? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 6/10 12:55:41
          The framers never intended ‘no restrictions’ on guns - Spanky KU - 6/10 12:29:40
          state regulation, not federal? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 6/10 12:18:28
               Yeah, but the Fed borrowed from Virginia & Pennsylvania - JeffB MU - 6/10 12:40:38
     Regulations were put in place on assault weapons during - raskolnikov MU - 6/10 11:08:04
          Regulatory law does not supersede Constitutional law and can - BH O'bonga MU - 6/10 11:17:59
          What’s an assault weapon? (nm) - Sal CMSU - 6/10 11:10:19
               Whatever the government desires it to be(nm) - meatiger MU - 6/10 11:14:50
          Which amendment was that? (nm) - pickle MU - 6/10 11:09:57
               It was an obvious modification. You're just wrong.(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 6/10 11:11:35
                    you're completely without scruple and without thought (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/10 14:54:21
                    I didn't know we modified 2A in 1994 - mizzouSECedes STL - 6/10 12:21:36
                    You've said some dumb things here over the years, but - *M* KC - 6/10 11:50:02
                         He is stupid and a liar. - BH O'bonga MU - 6/10 13:36:01
                              two things you have in common with him (nm) - pickle MU - 6/10 13:43:27
                    Which amendment modified the Second Amendment? (nm) - pickle MU - 6/10 11:13:38
                    I think you’re confused (nm) - Sal CMSU - 6/10 11:12:37
     What is the definition of infringe? - Spanky KU - 6/10 11:05:56
          Lol. What's the first definition of "encroach", spanky? - CulturedDan KC - 6/10 11:22:17
          To violate (nm) - pickle MU - 6/10 11:09:26
               wrong - Spanky KU - 6/10 11:35:15
                    RE: wrong - pickle MU - 6/10 11:46:05
                    It's literally in the definition you linked. - CulturedDan KC - 6/10 11:37:38
                         "to encroach upon in a way that violates" - Spanky KU - 6/10 11:45:40
                              And what does "encroach" mean? - CulturedDan KC - 6/10 11:59:29
                                   No. Those are “usual and proper”(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/10 12:33:47
                                        prior to 1968? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 6/10 12:43:19
                                             yes. - Spanky KU - 6/10 12:50:43
                                                  so not before 1938, thanks (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 6/10 12:58:48
                                        you aren’t a serious person - pickle MU - 6/10 12:40:33
     Why would that matter to someone who thinks the government - JeffB MU - 6/10 11:04:51
     Well - meatiger MU - 6/10 10:57:19




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