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"I'm out of town this weekend, you can use my apartment" does not grant somebody unlimited permission to use your apartment. The supreme court is working backwards from their conclusion here.


"Guns are good for hunting. All citizens have the right to own and use guns." does not mean only hunters have permission to have guns, nor that people may guns for hunting.


* nor that people may use guns only for hunting.

And not even that people's right to own and use guns would be revoked if it turned out guns were not good for hunting.




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