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Huffpo: Self-Defense A ‘Laughable’ Way To Defend Gun Rights
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Bruce W. Krafft
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"On Monday, the Huffington Post ran a column arguing that the Constitution is the weakest of all grounds for defending gun rights, and an appeal to self-defense to justify gun ownership is simply 'laughable.'"
"According to the Huffington Post, the Constitutional argument for gun rights is flawed because the 2nd Amendment only protects the rights of persons serving in the militia and, contrary to the Supreme Court’s decision in McDonald v. Chicago, it does not bar states or local governments from regulating firearm ownership." ... |
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Millwright66
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"Self-Defense" is an "inalienable right" ; one of the core concepts of our constitution. The second amendment was written at the insistence of the states in order to further define the prohibitions on government's powers to regulate or constrict the exercise of the "inalienable rights, every citizen is empowered to exercise.
"Offense" is the purview of government, (under strict citizen control), exercised thru Congress. This "control" has featured prominently in several key conflicts between Congress and the White House over the decades.
Small wonder a "anti-gun organ" would countenance another attempt to erode one of the keystones of our freedom. |
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