2nd Amendment Case (Held: individual right)

[TeeDub]

I can't honestly believe that there are people in favor of taking away a citizen's rights...   period.  

Much less take away the right to own a gun and defend themselves.

It just doesn't make any sense.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by TeeDub


I can't honestly believe that there are people in favor of taking away a citizen's rights...   period.  

Much less take away the right to own a gun and defend themselves.

It just doesn't make any sense.

No it doesn't make any sense.  It also doesn't make any sense why an admitted gun owner (FOTD claims to have a Walther) would propagate subliminal anti-gun propaganda from huffpo and other sources.

Also makes no sense for someone who claims to be an investor to constantly talk about a ****ed economy, unless all his bets pay off when everyone else hurts.

[Gaspar]

quote:Originally posted by TeeDub


I can't honestly believe that there are people in favor of taking away a citizen's rights...   period.  

Much less take away the right to own a gun and defend themselves.

It just doesn't make any sense.

Simple.  As Mao said in 1938  "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"  Government can never claim control over an armed public.  That government will always be the servant of the people.

Try to halt violence by restricting gun ownership and you won't halt violence. But you will create entire classes of new criminals – people who make paperwork errors, violate technical specification of the law, or rebel against the new restrictions. And you'll create new bureaus, new enforcement arms, new prisons to punish them. You'll make hordes of lawyers and bureaucrats very happy. Organized criminals will be grateful to the naive moral crusaders ("useful idiots") as they profit by selling an illegal product. And ordinary street criminals will bless fools, legislators, and "leaders" for making their job so much safer. –  "Bill of RIghts Sentinel", Fall 2001.



When they took the 4th Amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs.
When they took the 6th Amendment, I was quiet because I am innocent.
When they took the 2nd Amendment, I was quiet because I don't own a gun.
Now they have taken the 1st Amendment, and I can only be quiet. – Lyle Myhr