M14 Shooter
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A USMB member who will remain nameless (member # 20297) claims that is it impossible to have an honest, open debate about gun control because those on the pro-gun side bring up the 2nd amendment, in a defacto appeal to authority.
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To the thinking mind this is, of course, preposterous, as it is impossible to disconnect the 2nd Amendment from the right of the people to keep and bear arms; as restrictions on the law abiding necessarily involves restricting their right to keep and bear arms, consideration of the 2nd amendment is a necessary part of any open and honest conversation about gun control.
IMHO, trying to divorce the 2nd from the discussion on gun control is little more than an admission that gun control, or at least the kinds of gun control most commonly discussed, do indeed violate the 2nd, leaving little choice but to try to ignore it in order for it to have any chance to pass into law.
Opinions?
Please do try to respond with something not based on emotion, ignorance and/or dishonesty.
George Zimmerman back in the news another shooting incident US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
To the thinking mind this is, of course, preposterous, as it is impossible to disconnect the 2nd Amendment from the right of the people to keep and bear arms; as restrictions on the law abiding necessarily involves restricting their right to keep and bear arms, consideration of the 2nd amendment is a necessary part of any open and honest conversation about gun control.
IMHO, trying to divorce the 2nd from the discussion on gun control is little more than an admission that gun control, or at least the kinds of gun control most commonly discussed, do indeed violate the 2nd, leaving little choice but to try to ignore it in order for it to have any chance to pass into law.
Opinions?
Please do try to respond with something not based on emotion, ignorance and/or dishonesty.