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To: William Tell
"Yet convicted murderers are routinely denied their right to life as a man-made consequence for anti-social behavior."

Yes, but only with individual due process -- a trial. An inalienable, God-given right cannot be taken away globally -- we can't pass a law and lock up, say, all foreign visitors.

"YOU stated that my unalienable right to self-defense does not include a gun."

Well, to be correct, society's protection of your right to self defense doesn't, by definition, extend to a gun. If you live above the tree line, no one cares what you use for self defense. You have the natural right to use whatever you wish.

But if you choose to live in a society, the society decides the weapons with which you may use to defend yourself. It may be a handgun, it may be a long gun, it may be neither, it may be both. Which answers your question.

300 posted on 10/12/2007 6:41:04 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
robertpaulsen said: "But if you choose to live in a society, the society decides the weapons with which you may use to defend yourself. "

I get it. It takes a village...

302 posted on 10/12/2007 11:02:41 AM PDT by William Tell (RKBA for California (rkba.members.sonic.net) - Volunteer by contacting Dave at rkba@sonic.net)
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