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"Weapons of war have no place on our streets."
Mar 1, 2013 07:42:38   #
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Mar 2, 2013 15:13:48   #
Dave Loc: Upstate New York
 
We've shown a remarkable inability to keep things off our streets. Sure, when we have laws proscribing things, law abiding citizens tend to obey. However not all of our citizens are sensitive to the demands of law. Drugs are but one example of how ineffective outlawing something can be.

Weapons are a more concerning commodity. A weapon grants the possessor significant advantage over the non-possessor. The more we ban weapons, the more advantage we grant those who find lessor needs to obey laws over those who find it of greater importance.

This would seem to be a not too healthy direction for us to lean towards.

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Mar 3, 2013 02:36:47   #
memBrain Loc: North Carolina (No longer in hiding.)
 
During our Founding Fathers' day, all weapons were weapons of war, yet the created the 2nd Amendment to preserve the right of a citizen to own weapons for the purpose of defending themselves against a tyrannical government.

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Apr 1, 2013 03:08:22   #
Liberty's Advocate Loc: Cedar Rapids, IA
 
True, the 2nd Amendment is about self-defense but it goes beyond defense against the excesses of tyrannical governments. In our Declaration Jefferson referred to the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God ..." and subsequently described our "Natural" (God-given) rights with the word "UNALIENABLE" in the second paragraph. Among our unalienable rights are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. You cannot have a right to your life if you don't automatically have a right to defend it as a part of that right. The two are inseparable, one from the other. No "unalienable" right can be sold or t***sferred, even by the person possessing such rights.

Unalienable rights having come from the Creator and acknowledged by government as such, government can never later say that the people have spoken and chosen to give up their rights because neither man nor his governments have any power over the laws of Nature and of Nature's God. Nor can any individual give up his/her rights. I can't take yours away; you can't take mine away; and neither of us nor government can alter or abolish them by agreement, coercion, edict legislation or treaty. Your Natural rights are yours because you exist as a member of the Family of Man.

INALIENABLE rights, on the other hand, cannot be sold or t***sferred without the CONSENT of the person having those rights, and you give your consent through your v**e for those you elect.

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