barnbwt
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Would it make everyone happier if we called it the "Gun Owner's Manifesto"? (Oh wait, that's not good either.) Does it really matter what it's called? I hoped by giving the list an easy name people would be more interested. What do you think the "right of the people to keep and bear arms" entails? If we don't define it for our government, they will, and then they'll "not infringe" on the tiny sliver of protection they do leave in place for us. Non-transferable single-shot 22LR with one registered round.We have a gunowner bill of rights it's called the Second Amendment !!
Nothing intrinsically protects the meaning of the Constitution--the Supreme Court can rule black is white, if they believe they'd get away with it, and congress/prez can sign laws for the same if they are not questioned. Expanding firearms rights does not benefit any branch of the government in any way--we, the citizens, must force this isssue upon them. I hoped a list explaining the protections offered by the 2nd will help us make our govt representatives follow the Constitution for a change. Half the discussions in General right now are on 2nd Amendment stuff and peoples' beliefs--I just want to agglomerate the views we have in common into one place. For instance, it seems most gunowners here want the 2nd interpretted literally--that is, not changing with time, whether or not such changes empower gunowners or disarm them.The premise here is pretty silly, you want to repeal laws contrary to the literal interpretation of the constitution, I get it, but this is meaningless. The second amendment says everything we need it to say, we just need to make our govt follow it's constitution for a change.
Whether or not "hate crime" laws are constitutional or even necessary is outside the scope of 2nd Amendment. What do you think are the broad protections that the Constitution recognizes for gunowners?Since gun owners and Constitution-readers are both persecuted minorities in the US, it seems we should be able to get ourselves legally declared a victim class. Then whenever someone criticizes our views or practices we can charge them with a hate crime.
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