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Do Non-Citizens Have the Right to Keep and Bear Arms?
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Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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"Are non-citizens entitled to the same protection of their constitutionally-protected natural rights that U.S. citizens receive? That is the crux of the issue in the matter of Messmer v. Harrison. On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina answered in the affirmative with respect to the right to keep and bear arms. The plaintiff, Kirsten Messmer, is a legal permanent resident residing in Wake County, North Carolina, but a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany . . ." ... |
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teebonicus
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PEOPLE have the right to keep and bear arms.
That it is only recognized (with strident leftist opposition) in the United States is beside the point.
Our DoI recognized that ALL people are created with certain unalienable rights. That this principle is only applied in the United States does NOT mean that all people everywhere on this planet were not endowed with them.
Human rights are endowed by God, and God sees no political boundaries. |
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