C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
Who are ‘they’ – elected representatives enact firearm regulatory measures at the behest of the people, reflecting the will of the majority of the people.Registration is the frst step to confiscation. How it happened in other countries. Never negotiate.
You mean like how the gummint confiscated everybody's cars?
Oh wait.
Ah well it's only been 116 years. I'm sure they'll get around to it. Any day now.
They don't have to confiscate them when they can dictate how/when/and if you are allowed to used them at will. They also make for fantastic revenue generators through their various taxes and compliance requirements. But go on, make some more dumb ass comparisons.
‘They’ are clearly the people.
That’s why acts of lawmaking entities are presumed to be Constitutional until the courts rule otherwise, out of deference for the will of the people.
And should the people err and enact a measure repugnant to the Constitution, those adversely affected are at liberty to seek relief in the courts, where an unlawful measure is invalidated.
It’s the adversarial relationship between the political and judicial process which allows Constitutional case law to evolve, including Second Amendment case law.