Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What are gun owners afraid of? [View all]paleotn
(17,911 posts)....oh, and by the way, he's President of the United States, not the Democratic Party. Regardless, that's fallacy of authority. Like one of your fellow gun strokers below, I don't give a shit if the Pope says it. I read and conclude on my own, thank you very damn much.
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.
Are you a member of a well regulated militia, trained and drilled regularly and possessing weapons for possible military purposes? If not, yours and my private ownership is a privilege not a constitutional right. Press, speech and religion are called out as specific rights without qualification. Firearm possession is mentioned WITH qualification....being a member of a well regulated militia. Thus local authorities, duly elected by the local populace, have the power to limit or not limit private firearm ownership not linked to one being a member of a well regulated state or local militia as they see fit. I personally chose to take advantage of that privilege granted me by my county and the State of North Carolina, since guns make some of my activities much less taxing than with spears or swords. Now, if that's still hard for you to understand, then I think remedial English is in order.
And since you started the authority fallacy, you should take up your argument with John Paul Stevens....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the-second-amendment/2014/04/11/f8a19578-b8fa-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html