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Right to Bear Arms

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What are people's take on the Constitutional right to bear arms? I definitely like to hear people's views and perspectives. I was watching the TV movie 44 Minutes about the 1997 North Hollywood shootout. The two armed bank robbers were so heavily armed that they overwhelmed the police. There was a scene in the movie where an officer went to a gun store to get assault rifes and automatic weapons. The owner gave him various automatic weapons and sniper rifles. The officer was stunned and commented how people can just walk in and buy these weapons? I have no problem with the right to bear arms but the fact that someone can go into a shop and buy a high powered sniper rifle bothers me a little bit.
 
It used to be we had like 5-8 concurrent gun control threads going on. Instead of rehashing all the old arguements, maybe someone could post a lit of the old threads.
 
Hi there. I recently participated in a few discussions on this topic so I thought I'd reference those here for you...

Try this

I just did a search of the forum and these were the results. Hope this helps.
 
A lot of people like to call Dubya a fascist dictator. I don't agree but, well, what if they were right? What if tomorrow he outlawed elections and usurped power from all branches? Generally, the people who toss around the dictator insult are the same people who support gun control. How would these unarmed people topple Bush and restore democracy?
 
Jude said:
A lot of people like to call Dubya a fascist dictator. I don't agree but, well, what if they were right? What if tomorrow he outlawed elections and usurped power from all branches? Generally, the people who toss around the dictator insult are the same people who support gun control. How would these unarmed people topple Bush and restore democracy?
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Dubya is doing that right now. How about fighting an undeclared war for a start, in direct contradiction of the constitution. That sounds pretty serious to me.

Now, are you going to go out there and stop him?
 
a_unique_person said:


Dubya is doing that right now. How about fighting an undeclared war for a start, in direct contradiction of the constitution. That sounds pretty serious to me.

Now, are you going to go out there and stop him?
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Technically, that war started over a decade ago under a different Bush and was supported by the UN. It has been fought by 3 presidents. Finally, after all these years its over.
 
a_unique_person said:


Dubya is doing that right now. How about fighting an undeclared war for a start, in direct contradiction of the constitution. That sounds pretty serious to me.
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You have no idea what you are talking about.
 
a_unique_person said:


Dubya is doing that right now. How about fighting an undeclared war for a start, in direct contradiction of the constitution. That sounds pretty serious to me.

Now, are you going to go out there and stop him?
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Try to stay on topic, please. There are plenty of threads to vent your opinion of Bush.
 
I think the second amendment is fundamental and very important. We should have the right to own the firearms we want.
 
corplinx said:


Technically, that war started over a decade ago under a different Bush and was supported by the UN. It has been fought by 3 presidents. Finally, after all these years its over.
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And the US still runs the South Korean military because of a war that is still technically going but finished about 50 years ago. Do we get some sort of timeout effect on these things?
 
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I'm serious. What are you going to do about it? Because if you don't think that this is an issue worth fighting for, what is?
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It's obvious to me you have an axe to grind. I'm going to have to withdraw.
 
What kind of arms are we talking about, here ?

Do you have the right to walk the streets with a loaded bazooka ?

Do you have the right to walk the streets with a plastic bomb strapped around your waist ?

If not, why ?

Elio
 
I fully support the right to arm bears. I just think it should be extended to Bearguins.
 
I think we should have the right to bare arms, but only in the summer.

In the winter its too cold and I think we should wear long sleeves.
 
I fully support my Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, its some of the the rest of 'the people' that I have a problem with
 
crimresearch,
I fully support my Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, its some of the the rest of 'the people' that I have a problem with
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What do you mean by that ?

Elio.
 
In the year or so I've been on JREF, this "Right To Bear Arms" comes up every other week or so. It's been a couple months for this thread.

I don't think any of the "right to bear arms" discussion has changed anyone's beliefs one way or another. I know it hasn't changed mine. Not only that it doesn't contribute to the mission statement of JREF.

Charlie (feeling like it's Monday) Monoxide
 
If my personal take on the matter made any difference, I would start with allowing for a broad interpretation of the 'the right', of 'the people' to keep and bear arms, per the 2nd amendment.

I would also want to implement something to protect society at large from abuses, so it would be a right that one could voluntarily give up fairly easily, through a variety of deviant behaviors, like trying to shoot your neighbors for no good reason.
 
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