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Originally Posted by 629Deerslayer
This won't be popular but here goes. I don't think there is any "individual right" to own firearms. It is a privilege that can be and is restricted by various laws. It has been this way throughout our nations history. The 2nd Ammendment refers to a "community right" (think National Guard) and has historically been interpreted that way by the courts.
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Totally bogus. Just because certain courts have tried to push that line doesn't mean that it's so. You cannot divorce the phrase "the people" in the other rights illuminated as individual and selectively apply as communal to the ones you don't like.
This is one area some people will never get. If someone operates on 'feelings' and what 'seems right to them' it's pointless to argue facts.
And for those whose education didn't include it, the Bill of Rights simply acknowledges rights we already had/have and grants nothing - it's not the government's to grant.