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I have nothing but respect for those who put this country together.
While I understand the slippery slope process and hate the thought of "lists", especially those resulting from government action, it is my belief that those same Founders could not conceive that we would allow our judicial system to reach the sorry state it has.There are dangerous people walking the streets and while you or I might take our chances with them as we please, our children and some of the rest of our citizens should not beendangered due to the failings of thatsystem. Many people who have lost their citizenship rights have worked through the procedures in place to regain their right to vote, live where they wish and travel where theywant. RKBA should be no different.
Equally, I believe that they would also not have allowed thementally incompetent to have guns since they had asylumsin their day and those locked in there were not being allowed to play with rifles and pistols.
Finally, I believe the Constitution is intended for those who are citizens or lawful residents, not people who have illegally taken up residence in our country. The fact that there was no residency process in their day is just another one of those situations which evolved over time as the population grew and resources dwindled.
Tell me you have some understanding that anyone whofeels like coming here to get whatever they can without paying taxes, fighting for our freedoms, participating in building our country or, God forbid, calculating how to harm our citizens for their ownpurposes, doesn't have thesame rights as those who follow our laws, obtainlegalresidence, pay applicable taxes and, if immigrants, fight forthose samefreedom.