[Bobarian]

I think this chilling quote by ObeyMe merits further discussion.

Let's plug some different variables into this equation and see if it adds up:

"Just because you have an individual right [to bear arms] does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right."

"Just because you have an individual right [to free speech] does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right."

"Just because you have an individual right [not to be searched unreasonably] does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right."

"Just because you have an individual right [to freely exercise religion] does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right."

"Just because you have an individual right [to an abortion] does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right."

Does anyone else find this disturbing, or are my panties in a wad over nothing?

[Our man in washington]

Every right we have gets constrained by the government in some way. We have freedom of speech, but can’t yell “fire” in a crowded theater.

So the fact he said a rather obvious statement doesn’t bother me. However, I would like to know how he would like to the government to constrain the right to bear arms. The whole Constitutional intent suggests that the government’s role in gun regulation should be quite limited.

I have no problem with the following constraints on the right to bear arms:

1. Ban on private ownership of overly destructive weapons that would not be useful in self-defense, such as a grenade.

2. Banning the possession of handguns in places where the danger of assasination is high. You can’t carry a gun when on tour of the White House, for example.

3. Keep children, the mentally incompetent, and those who have show a completely inability to use guns safely from owning guns.

I suspect Obama has more constraints in mind than these limited constraints.

[RightWhale]

O’Bama is sounding odder and odder every passing day.

[onewhowatches]

"But just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.

Anyone want to tell him that that's an argument for Jim Crow laws?

[TigersEye]

"Shall not be infringed" is beyond his limited grasp of the English language.
Can someone translate it into Austrian for the doofus?