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How Gun Rights Harm the Rule of Law
theatlantic.com ^ | 4/1/2015 | Firmin DeBrabander

Posted on 04/02/2015 8:16:44 AM PDT by rktman

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To: circlecity

Could that pesky “micro aggression” rear it’s ugly little head? Or some “perceived” insult that you didn’t even know you made?


21 posted on 04/02/2015 8:43:35 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: rktman

I guess ethics professors are allowed to bend the truth when it comes to gun control.


22 posted on 04/02/2015 8:46:31 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarca only ones we can gesm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Yosemitest

I got a response once after talking about Swiss gun laws and apparently things are changing there. Can’t remember the exact circumstance but I believe each canton makes it’s own rules and regs with some sort of national oversight. But it’s not as free for gun owners as I thought. I’m sure somebody will chime in with the more pertinent info if needed.


23 posted on 04/02/2015 8:47:50 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: rktman

Rights harm the rule of law? LOLWUT?


24 posted on 04/02/2015 8:47:57 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: rktman

He teaches in a College of Art. No credentials except that he is a citizen with an opinion like everybody else (which is flawed, IMO).

Don’t really care what he thinks; he’d be one of the first ones to bite it when the crunch of SHTF comes. IOW, absolutely no redeeming social value in a world not infested by liberals.


25 posted on 04/02/2015 8:53:14 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: rktman

This is the paper-magazine equivalent of a Concern Troll.


26 posted on 04/02/2015 8:54:56 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
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To: circlecity

My rule of thumb is “if you shoot someone, you’d damn well better kill him.” No conflicting stories, no “life-sustaining costs or value of life quality not realized” for one badly wounded.

Only the value of a life abruptly ended, one that is likely to not be valuable in any sense of the word anyway.


27 posted on 04/02/2015 8:56:32 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: rktman
Firmin DeBrabander is a professor of philosophy at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the author of the forthcoming book Do Guns Make Us Free?

Another argument for avoiding a modern college "education" like the plague. Here is an excerpt from the author's faculty bio at Maryland Institute College of Art:

Firmin DeBrabander studied Philosophy at Boston College and the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, and received his Ph.D. in the field from Emory University in 2002. He has taught at MICA since 2005, and served as chair of the Humanistic Studies department from 2009 until 2012. His specialties include the History of Western Philosophy, Ethics, Political Theory, and Environmental Ethics. He also teaches courses on Media Ethics, Economic Theory, Eastern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Medical Ethics. In 2007, he published a book entitled Spinoza and the Stoics (Continuum). He has published academic articles in journals such as History of Philosophy Quarterly, International Philosophy Quarterly, and in a volume issued by Cambridge University Press entitled Stoicism: Traditions and Transformations. More recently, he has written social and political editorials for the Baltimore Sun, Counterpunch and Common Dreams. He has organized several symposia in honor of Constitution Day at the college, including such speakers as John Waters, Helen Thomas, Angela Davis, Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson, Amy Goodman, Andrew Sullivan, and Cornel West.

His citing of "Stand Your Ground" laws to make his bogus argument is probably very indicative of the quality (or lack thereof) of the "education" he provides at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

28 posted on 04/02/2015 8:58:17 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: rktman
Anyone that expects the government to protect them, is going to be extremely disappointed.
The only guns that SHOULD be registered are FULL-AUTOMATIC machine guns.
The public should be able to carry anything the police carry.
If concealed carry was mandatory for every citizen who was not a convicted criminal, we would NOT have the crime we have today.
And any criminal caught in the act of committing a crime, should be shot on sight.
29 posted on 04/02/2015 9:05:19 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks for noticing.


30 posted on 04/02/2015 9:06:43 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: rktman
"Rule of Law" LOL!

Somebody needs to smack Firmin DeBrabander across the face with unprosecuted felons like Lois Lerner, Hillary Clinton or Eric Holder.

To say nothing of Bill Clinton, Jon Corzine or Charlie Rangel.

STFU, Firmin.

31 posted on 04/02/2015 9:06:47 AM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Maceman

“He has organized several symposia in honor of Constitution Day at the college, including such speakers as John Waters, Helen Thomas, Angela Davis, Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson, Amy Goodman, Andrew Sullivan, and Cornel West.”

LOL! For Constitution Day these are the assclowns he arranged for? Well, that pretty much ends that discussion.


32 posted on 04/02/2015 9:07:12 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: Yosemitest

Well, last I checked, full auto’s were controlled under NFA ‘38(?) and are legally owned in many states. But, why SHOULD they have to be registered? One foot on the banana peel. LOL!


33 posted on 04/02/2015 9:10:50 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: rktman

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAySAI-8kKM/T1lnD7aReAI/AAAAAAAAPXI/zOqEKb13U0Y/s1600/gun_control_01.jpg


34 posted on 04/02/2015 9:13:04 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Maceman
For such an educated guy, he certainly doesn't know much, does he?

The libtard DeBrabander wrote: What if you become a target for would-be George Zimmermans?

I think the only thing George Zimmerman was targeting was the concrete slab with the back of his head...

35 posted on 04/02/2015 9:13:17 AM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: circlecity
Stand you Ground laws would not apply in the slightest to any of those situations.

Either the writer is badly misinformed or lying through his/her/its teeth. I suspect the lying is more likely.

36 posted on 04/02/2015 9:15:50 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: rktman

How the right of the little people to defend themselves against the natural & logical consequences of Frankfurt School Agenda item #8 “An unreliable legal system with bias against victims of crime” harms the Arbitrary Rule of the Elites who despise the “Overflight” hoi-polloi.


37 posted on 04/02/2015 9:17:36 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: circlecity

What if you’re walking down the sidewalk and suddenly a piano falls on your head? What if you’re taking a bath and a slimy green tentacle comes up from the drain and strangles you? What if you visit Washington DC and you run into an honest politician?

How often do any of these things happen? About as often as a legal gun owner misusing a firearm against an innocent citizen.


38 posted on 04/02/2015 9:20:09 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Yosemitest
In a nation of six million people, there are at least two million guns, including 600,000 FULLY AUTOMATIC assault rifles, half a million pistols, and numerous machine guns. Virtually every home has a gun.

Fewer residents than the NYC metropolitan area. It would be interesting to see the true figures of firearms ownership for NYC and environs, for comparison.

39 posted on 04/02/2015 9:22:42 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I don't need a reason. Nor will I give one if asked.

In New Jersey you are required to prove a need to carry in order to obtain a permit. And the proof is almost never enough, except for the connected.

What is it about "shall not be infringed" that they fail to comprehend?

40 posted on 04/02/2015 9:26:53 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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