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Flying to Nevada from Illinois with a gun
xar256:
--- Quote from: fredster on February 22, 2005, 10:42:32 pm ---I don't even know why people have to explain a "right".
We don't have to explain breathing, or justify it. It's a "right".
We don't have to explain voting, it's a "right"
We dont' have to explain any rights, because they are rights.
There is no need to explain them, justify them, or even rationalize them.
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Correct me if I'm wrong...Wasn't there also a "right" for certain people to own other people at one point in time?
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: xar256 on February 24, 2005, 02:27:57 pm ---Correct me if I'm wrong...Wasn't there also a "right" for certain people to own other people at one point in time?
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xar256:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on February 24, 2005, 03:46:09 pm ---That was never a right.
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SeaMonkey:
--- Quote from: xar256 on February 24, 2005, 02:27:57 pm ---
Correct me if I'm wrong...Wasn't there also a "right" for certain people to own other people at one point in time?
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xar256:
Kinda interesting that when someone feels compelled enough that something is just <like slavery> they can quote rulebooks at you...But when they feel stongly enough that they are right, they can just ignore the other parts of the same rulebook. <Sorry Seamonkey, you took my bait on that one>
"The right to bear arms openly"
vs.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
There must be an awful lot of 1 person militias out there protecting the State. <Considering the actual definition of a militia, I don't see a arguement here - I know some will try>.
But I do feel that that amendment could and should have been worded much better to prevent people twisting it around like what has happened over the years. But that's just me...
Xar256 ;D