Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Senate Panel Votes for Ban on Assault Weapons [View all]nonoyes
(261 posts)Rights to own and control assault weaponry, where does that appear in the Constitution?
Unlimited rights is not in the Constitution either, but somehow people like this person sees the Constitution as a blank check written over to this same person, not a single limitation upon his/her freedoms, except all the limitations upon personal freedoms Congress enacts, as long as they don't involve weapons of mass destruction.
A responsible democratic republic (not that America is always responsible), limits people's opportunities to engage in whatever wreckless behaviors they find to be generally non-productive, or destructive to the democratic republic, or to the general order of peace and freedom for the masses. We limit marriage to one person with one other person, we limit the rights of people to produce and sell many products without governmental oversight, from meat to medicine. We, as a nation, only allow certain activities to be without restrictions, and weapons ownership is one of those that we entrust Congress to decide. Sorry, but that's why few if any people in the USA own and contol Bazooka's and surface-to-air missiles.