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In reply to the discussion: Anti-Gun Control argument fail... [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)27. It is my belief that rights are innate in humans. They cannot be "taken away".
Rights can be respected or violated.
We all have a right to life. Murdering me does not take away my right to life, it violates that right. The true and pure motivation for any government to exist at all is to best protect the rights of the governed. Our government's just powers derive from the consent of the people. It is no more within the government's authority to deny my right to self-defense (or any right without due process) than it is for me to deny any other right to another individual.
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It is my belief that rights are innate in humans. They cannot be "taken away".
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#27
re: "...the right to self-defense has nothing to do specifically with hand guns..."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#29
re: "...we already do not allow certain weapon systems...the right is not absolute."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#38
Since the #1 priority of the gun control lobby is outlawing the most popular *rifles*,
benEzra
Jan 2017
#43
I don't really care whether anyone wants to use the new Mass Shooting measure...
Eleanors38
Dec 2016
#41