At 01:30 PM 7/15/96 -0400, Mark M. wrote:

Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that firearms (or crypto in this case) are a threat to national security. In fact, the second amendment explicitly dictates that people have the right to own firearms.

No, it says "arms," not "firearms." Firearms are a subset of "arms," which a nearby dictionary defines as "objects used as weapons." By that definition, chemicals and biologicals, as well as explosives of all sorts, are "arms." Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com