Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights...
How does this not reinforce the liberty of making one's own decisions regarding personal protection, hunting for sustenance, engaging in sport or leisure activities... with a firearm?
I wouldn't, but for those who would argue that the 2A protects only a special RKBA/militia relationship, how are personal RKBA not covered in the 9A?
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)for over 200 years.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)...of not being born, yet here I am. I seems impossible to disprove the non-existence of that which you assert.
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)You win hands down.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)...of not winning, hands up or down.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)The SCOTUS only said that the BoR only limits the federal government (all of the 19th century 2A cases) and there is no evidence presented that an SBS is a military weapon useful to a militia.
The BoR is a set of negative rights. They don't grant the individual anything, it simply against State infringement on natural rights.
That is why the works of Enlightenment thinkers, like Locke, should be required study for civics classes nationwide and for citizenship classes and tests.
ileus
(15,396 posts)I think you mean it wasn't an argued topic for the first 200 years.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)To me, it's a right that should be assumed to have existed without specific need for an amendment, a specific inclusion a la RKBA.
I think the 9th, and later the 14th, only strengthen our position.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)That's what firearm ownership is supposed to be about...life safety.
Food, water, safety, shelter...Some would argue that safety could be #1 on the list.
Could firearms be the most essential element of life?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)I can't think of anything more liberal than the licentiousness of the 9th Amendment; the fill-in-the-blank recognition of rights not known but Anticipated by the founders. That is in-your-face liberalism of the highest, most anti-authoritarian order.
To go against a right is anathema to the whole notion of recognized rights, and the raison d'etre of liberalism.
Though not immediately relevant to this discussion, the Articles give ample powers to the government to effect substantial economic and environmental protections through the powers granted the government. This is where true change takes place. Exercise those powers or be pushed aside by those with a darker vision for our country.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)...atrophy without use. Use it or lose it.