StaccatoSo when are you getting your land mines and napalm?
sudo22I don’t want either. But since I assume you’re implying these are illegal, landmines are legal for citizens to own with either an NFA tax stamp (about $200 each) or with a SOT/FFL (about $600/year) and napalm like substances are easy to produce yourself (I’m not sure on it legal standing, but criminals aren’t exactly concerned with the law).
Ooh ooh ooh, my favorite!
criminals exist and do not follow the law, therefore law should not exist
totally a big smart boy take and definitely NOT smooth brained nonsense
Not what I said. You’re extrapolating what you think someone who is pro gun rights would say.
Not the person you replied to, but I’ll give you a chance. I’m not American, but I do hunt and own guns.
Why are you against the government having a licensing program before giving access to firearms?
FireTowerThe American understanding of rights is that they are inherent and bestowed upon all of not by the government but by right at birth.
We have the right to criticize our government not because they let us but because that’s are right all humans have. Even if the government decided tomorrow that the First Amendment doesn’t apply anymore we would still have that right, because the First Amendment didn’t grant us a right it simply acknowledged the existing right.
If your ability to practice a right is contingent on government approval your rights are being impeded.
Flying SquidAre you equating owning a gun with criticizing the government? Because I’m not seeing the connection.
The connection is both are natural rights recognized in the Bill of Rights that should be held with equal reverence. They are the second and first amendments respectively.
How is owning a gun a ‘natural right’ when guns didn’t even exist for the vast, vast majority of human existence? That doesn’t make sense either.
The natural right to own arms is nested in the natural right to defend oneself with the best means available. A few thousand years ago that might have only extended to sticks and stones, a few thousand in the future that might extend to laser rifles and plasma pistols.
Who gets to decide what the best means available is? What if I decide the best means to defend myself is a glass vial of ricin and a gas mask? Okay to use it if I feel threatened?