DanM wrote:
conservative85 wrote:
A. What if we just read the Constitution & take it word for word.
The right of the people to Keep(have, own) & Bear(to have on ones person) arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!
No laws Federal, or state are legal.
Some laws would not belegal, as they canbe heldas "infringements" that the right speaks of. However,some laws could be held asreasonable regulation, not infringements.For instance,laws taking the right away from violent felonsor people of diminished mental capacity are reasonable and are not infringements. The determination of the line between "infringement" and "reasonable regulation" is tricky, but it is a legitimate distinctionboth legally and ethically.
Concealed or not it does not matter.
long gun or pistol, it dos not matter
I agree that laws prohibiting the above haven't been demonstrated, rationally, as to their "reasonableness".
In my dictionary,infringe means" to break a law; to violate;to encroach;to trespass". In Websters dictionary of 1806 it means," to violate,either positively by contravention,or negatively by non-fulfillment or neglect of performance.Contravene meaning,"to be contrary,to violate,to oppose,to go against". To KEEP,by Webster 1806," to hold;to retain ones power or possession;not to lose or part with,to have in custody for security or preservation", and BEAR," to carry,to wear;name:to bear arms in a coat".
It doesn't mean they can restrict or regulatePEOPLE from when or where or how you are armed,and that is what laws,rules and regulations do! They infringe!
Ever notice how many felons,mentaly ill and just plain ole evil people use guns,even when there are rules,laws and regulations?
If you don't infringe on anyone,by eliminating all gun laws,then we're still in the same position.GOOD PEOPLE HAVE GUNS and BAD,INSANE PEOPLE HAVE GUNS.
GOOD PEOPLE are JUSTIFIED, and rightfully so,IN SHOOTING THE BAD,INSANE PEOPLE,who ARE NOT JUSTIFIED in having a gun in the first place!
In the good old west,people were armed and polite and 5 times safer than we are today,and if you watch enough old westerns and read the history of those times,you would have heard of all the bad guy's and their names and noticed there weren't very many of em because they got chased down by legal vigilanty's,posse's and the militia's(all the able bodied neighbors) and hung! We don't see too many neighbors chasing bad guy's these days because the media,for decades,have been telling us that the police are here to serve and protect.Call them! When the only thing the police do is show up after the crime and try to catch them!
I believe everyone should have guns without restrictions,because the GOOD PEOPLE will' as they have always done throughout history, take responsibility and deal with the bad guy's appropriately! The death penalty is totaly under used! God Bless America!There's still hope!