(February 21, 2021 at 5:28 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(February 21, 2021 at 5:14 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: The "slight" difference is weapon ownership is a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
Should you have to have a license to exercise your first ammendment rights?
Gee what a WONDERFUL idea - then we can control what people say!
FFS, speech is regulated too. News stations that use public airwaves have to have broadcasting licensing. I know, I have interned in TV and worked in Radio. I would have gotten fired from the radio station I worked at if I said "fuck" on air. Cable tv shows like Real Time are regulated differently and don't rely on public airwaves. You can even be fined for not playing station IDs at the legal time required.
Even if one runs a private media network, it is still a business, and still requires a business license. Regulations are not calls for bans. Just like having health inspectors check a restaurant is not a call to ban selling food.
You also cannot shout fire in a theatre if there is none.
The FCC does NOT have a list of words you can't say on the air - numbnuts.... The determination of what can be said is " community standards". They do not regulate or license speech.
And the shouting fire in a theater bit is just fucking stupid. It's simply illegal. Having a license wouldn't make it any different. Were it so - your license to own guns would give you permission to shoot people.
Dumbass
