[Stew Padasso]

"Or are you saying that they cannot?"

That's right. When it comes to self defense, it is a god given right, not a politicians discretion backed by a handful of goons.

I suppose it would be OK for a community to enact Jim Crow laws just because a handful of goons say so?

[robertpaulsen]

"When it comes to self defense, it is a god God given right"

Self-defense, sure.

But are you saying that self defense with a handgun is a God given right? I mean, that's what we're talking about here, Stew, not some philosophical, nebulous, God given right to protect oneself from harm.

"I suppose it would be OK for a community to enact Jim Crow laws just because a handful of goons say so?"

No, it would not be OK. Read my post. I said, "if it was constitutional".