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NH: Rights Come With Responsibilities
Submitted by:
Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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"Although expected, the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons is disappointing."
"Advocating for so-called 'constitutional carry,' ... Derek Dufresne, states, 'The Second Amendment is a right. Legislators shouldn’t require lawful individuals to have to get a government permission slip to act on it.' ..."
"Mr. Dufresne forgets that we live in a society where rights come with responsibilities. I prefer that a local police chief or sheriff approve an application to carry a concealed weapon. This is a safeguard that the concealed-weapon carrier is not a felon, or someone who has repeatedly come to the attention of the police for domestic violence or mental illness." ... |
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teebonicus
(2/9/2015)
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"I prefer that a local police chief or sheriff approve an application to carry a concealed weapon."
Now, see, Dena, our rights don't depend on anyone's approval.
Not even YOURS. |
| Comment by:
Millwright66
(2/9/2015)
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| Far better those demanding a dialogue on an inalienable right first acknowledge its supremacy rather than argue for preconditions of its existence. I agree society has a dog in this fight. But we already have the legal/constitutional means at hand to deal with it. Our laws permit legal authority to apprehend those posing possible danger, our courts to adjudicate the degree of danger and impose appropriate sanctions. What else do we need ? |
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| The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government. It is one of the high powers" delegated directly to the citizen, and `is excepted out of the general powers of government.' A law cannot be passed to infringe upon or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the lawmaking power." [Cockrum v. State, 24 Tex. 394, at 401-402 (1859)] |
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