Bogus rights
Address:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574226/posts
Walter Williams wrote:
"--- we have to decide what is a right.
The way our Constitution's framers used the term, a right is something that exists simultaneously among people and imposes no obligation on another.
For example, the right to free speech, or freedom to travel, is something we all simultaneously possess. My right to free speech or freedom to travel imposes no obligation upon another except that of non-interference.
In other words, my exercising my right to speech or travel requires absolutely nothing from you and in no way diminishes any of your rights. --"
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In other words, my right to carry a gun in my car imposes no obligation upon another except that of non-interference; -- it requires absolutely nothing from you and in no way diminishes any of your rights.
Thus, you have no natural right to insist that I have no gun in my car; -- nor do our governments have the power to help you prohibit guns from your parking lot.
Your right to free speech does not exist in my property, and should you decide to exercise that right in a manner not consistent with my beliefs, I can (and will) have you thrown out...by force if need be.