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Untangling the Gun Lobby’s Web of Self-Defense and Human Rights
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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Today, alongside this rights-based narrative, a parallel narrative exists that is perpetuated by the U.S. gun industry as part of a multifaceted effort to increase gun sales. This so-called gun-rights narrative manipulates the ideals of human rights to establish not only an inalienable right to life but also an unfettered right to armed self-defense to protect oneself from any perceived threat of harm. This narrative hinges on fear and the need to defend oneself and loved ones from unknown but ever-present threats through whatever means necessary and without regard to the rights of others. It is grounded by the false claim that the most effective means of self-preservation involves using a firearm. |
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RichardJCoon
(8/13/2020)
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| This piece is wrong in so many ways. They didn't even try and hide behind statistics, they just lied. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(8/13/2020)
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| There is nothing to 'untangle.' The "gun lobby" position is not a "web," it is linear, straightforward and unassailable. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(8/13/2020)
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| There is nothing to 'untangle.' The "gun lobby" position is not a "web," it is linear, straightforward and unassailable. |
| Comment by:
lucky5eddie
(8/13/2020)
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| What a load of unmitigated leftist ****! |
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| "Some people think that the Second Amendment is an outdated relic of an earlier time. Doubtless some also think that constitutional protections of other rights are outdated relics of earlier times. We The People own those rights regardless, unless and until We The People repeal them. For those who believe it to be outdated, the Second Amendment provides a good test of whether their allegiance is really to the Constitution of the United States, or only to their preferences in public policies and audiences. The Constitution is law, not vague aspirations, and we are obligated to protect, defend, and apply it. If the Second Amendment were truly an outdated relic, the Constitution provides a method for repeal. The Constitution does not furnish the federal courts with an eraser." --9th Circuit Court Judge Andrew Kleinfeld, dissenting opinion in which the court refused to rehear the case while citing deeply flawed anti-Second Amendment nonsense (Nordyke v. King; opinion filed April 5, 2004) |
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