I support, strongly support, the 2nd amendment. I don’t support onerous legislation that’s going to restrict people’s rights in order to be able to protect themselves as guaranteed by the 2nd amendment.
Here is the 2nd amendment:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
So you tell me. Does the 2nd amendment guarantee an individual "the right to protect themselves"?
I would say I think Cain will not vote for restrictive gun laws. But there's been a lot of bad gun laws predicated on the supposition that the 2nd amendment only gives us the right to defend ourselves, so government can restrict guns that aren't "necessary" to defend ourselves, like "assault weapons".
But the actual 2nd amendment's operative language is "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". NOT BE INFRINGED. Unless there is an immediate and compelling government interest related to other rights, people should be allowed to have guns for whatever legal reason they want, not just a handgun kept in their house to protect themselves at home.
And I guess if someone asked Cain that specific question, at least ONCE he'd probably answer correctly. Especially the 3rd or 4th time, after he is told what the correct answer is.
We've seen TWICE on this thread where Cain supporters have excused his original answer because he was inexperienced three months ago but he's much better now. That's the real issue.
You've got a big mouth when complaining about others posts but you refuse to support or even state what your position is. Once more, are Cain and Thomas and Scalia and Alito and Edwards all wrong when they say that States have the authority to put reasonable restrictions on firearms? What is it? Are they all wrong and you're right?
So you would be just fine with gerald loughner serving some time in an institution, being finally declared ‘sane’ and set free to buy a new toy?
How about the Fort Hood shooter? Any reason he couldn’t serve his time and be allowed to have a gun?
And before you day those are extreme cases, what YOU are suggesting is that no one should able to control these guys getting weapons...and they are not the only ones. Who maintains the public safety?
Oh for heaven’s sake! You know, you seem to be such an expert on everything (especially how really, really icky Cain is) then perhaps YOU should run. I’m serious. You hit every single one of these threads. Every single one. We got it. You’re the smartest person here because you’re the only person who never gets anything wrong, who doesn’t have to realize people are human (even Reagan as great as he was) because you certainly wouldn’t make the same imperfect human mistakes that every other person on the planet makes. So you should seriously consider running. Bet your words would be perfect & clear all the time. It’d be just like having Jesus run!
Cindie