RichV
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Hey, I was reading this article about incorporation of the 2nd Amendment... http://tinyurl.com/y86a7gq
The author says, "The relevant legal argument put forward is that the Second Amendment should also be incorporated against the states via a substantive due process analysis. This analysis boils down to a question of whether a right is "fundamental" based upon being rooted in the history, tradition and practices of our collective national conscience."
While a case for individual gun ownership should not be hard to show with this criteria, the article made me think about CC/OC too... especially the "practices of our collective national conscience" since that seems to refer to our *current* practices & conscience.
Did I interpret that right? Do the practices need to be current? If so, it's pretty hard to influence the national conscience with CC (unless stats for CC permit holders are used, which is weak since many people with permits don't actually exercise that right). Since many of us feel you don't need a permit to exercise a right... then the most effective way to influence practice and conscience is to OC.
After reading this article, I have a new appreciation of OC'ing in order to exercise my individual rights, but also realized it's also about contributing to the practices and collective national conscience as well.
Anyone else see this as a renewed motivation to OC?
Hey, I was reading this article about incorporation of the 2nd Amendment... http://tinyurl.com/y86a7gq
The author says, "The relevant legal argument put forward is that the Second Amendment should also be incorporated against the states via a substantive due process analysis. This analysis boils down to a question of whether a right is "fundamental" based upon being rooted in the history, tradition and practices of our collective national conscience."
While a case for individual gun ownership should not be hard to show with this criteria, the article made me think about CC/OC too... especially the "practices of our collective national conscience" since that seems to refer to our *current* practices & conscience.
Did I interpret that right? Do the practices need to be current? If so, it's pretty hard to influence the national conscience with CC (unless stats for CC permit holders are used, which is weak since many people with permits don't actually exercise that right). Since many of us feel you don't need a permit to exercise a right... then the most effective way to influence practice and conscience is to OC.
After reading this article, I have a new appreciation of OC'ing in order to exercise my individual rights, but also realized it's also about contributing to the practices and collective national conscience as well.
Anyone else see this as a renewed motivation to OC?