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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Pasco theater shooting case heads to 'stand your ground' hearing [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,591 posts)22. Maybe this will clarify the question
This is NOT about the 2A unless you believe that all aspects of the RKBA start and end with the 2A. It is my position that not every human right is detailed completely within the Bill of Rights. It has been made clear many times by many others here that they do not see the 2A as specifically protecting the private individual right to arms.
Beyond that, the BoR is not a source for the rights of the people but a detailing of certain rights and an expression of protections for those rights. The 9A and 10A:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
I see it as clear that the Founders said with the BoR that the people have rights. That great set of laws bound government to protect the human rights of the people. The BoR protects the right to post this idea now on the internet. If not by extension of the 1A then by the 9A and 10A.
You've said that the 2A "...was never intended to allow people to carry firearms in public." Should there be any provision for public carry? Should a private person, apart from the National Guard, law enforcement and members of the armed services, ever be permitted to go armed beyond the borders of his own property or that property of another from whom he has been permitted? Should hunting be permitted on any public lands?
Thanks in advance.
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I don't hold the evasiveness *too* much against you- it's entirely understandable
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2017
#11
Supreme Court decisions can change depending on the compositon of the SCOTUS.
guillaumeb
Feb 2017
#13
I'm not seeing how you've answered whether you accept as being okay...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Feb 2017
#31
The avoidance of awkward questions has been both assiduous and obvious
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2017
#32
When an atheist shouts AMEN!........you KNOW that they agree wholeheartedly.
pablo_marmol
Feb 2017
#37