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Prax said:
Sorry Oz, but that just shows the flaws in the bill of rights making owning a firearm a right.
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Sorry prax, but thats your opinion, not mine.
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Prax said:
If it was something we were all born with and we all had an equal understanding of what they are capable of, then I could see justification for it being a right......
but both you and I know the world is full of idiots.
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All the more reason innocent people have a right to keep and bear arms.
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Prax said:
We can all learn how to diddle our wangs.... we can all learn how to make our own decisions and opinions..... but I kinda think a training course in firearms being manditory would be a good thing.
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As you know, I am always the one championin firearms training, defensive training and responsible gun ownership.
That does not mean I support the federal, state or local government having the ultimate power to ok, or not ok firearms ownership based on any test, under any pretense.
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Prax said:
Technically in order to protect what I think is a misinterpretation of the constitution, one could still own/posses a firearm as they see as their right to do so...... but until they get a license or take a safety course, they are not allowed to use them legally
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Well, as I have stated many times.
The people are the ones that give this government the authority to operate legitimately, and we can just as easily remove that authority.
Mandating tests such as this is a sure way to invoke violence for no need whatsoever, as people in this country have always had the individual right to keep and bear arms, and it is the staple right that protects all other rights.
The government has no right or authority to prevent ownership of arms except through due process, and all regulatory arguments to the contrary are without constitutional authority.
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ZNYFRH said:
Where is my right to travel enumerated?
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Haven't we gone over this before Z?
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ZNYFRH said:
Blah blah blah Second Amendment blah blah blah.
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If you want me to lose respect for you and your argument, that is a sure way to do it.
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ZNYFRH said:
Actually, it's the right to bear arms.
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Correct, an individual right to bear arms.
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ZNYFRH said:
Nothing in there talks about your right to purchase in the first place.
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You assume all rights are enumerated, when there is clearly written and adopted the amendment to protect other rights not enumerated.
Using your logic, do you have an explicit right to purchase, own and consume food?
Pffft.