That’s rich... “A privilege is nothing more than a reasonably restricted right.”
Um, if it’s something that can be restricted, then you don’t have a right to it now do you? So... I guess it wouldn’t be a right now would it?
And yes, you could revoke an entire class of people from driving, it’s happened on several occasions based on age, physical or mental disability, legal status in the country, etc. AND if you look at that information, you’ll see that just like many of the gun control laws, those with criminal intent ignore them.
Nope, my theory is based on many of the writings of Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and others.
Yes, I care very much about gun regulation... having been to many nations that do regulate firearms, I am deeply concerned with the intentions behind any gun control.
Our other rights are not restricted anywhere like our 2nd Amendment rights are. If they were, you wouldn’t be arguing on the computer over this as it would be restricted like machineguns are.
But I’ll end this by saying that I’ll agree to disagree with you. I pray that your vision of America never comes true as if it does, we will all suffer in the long run.
Mike
At best an 'awkward' choice:
"-- America's at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. --"
.- Claire Wolfe
Of course it's a right. I never said it wasn't a right. As a matter of fact, if you would have simply read what I wrote, you'll see that I said it was "a reasonably restricted RIGHT.
"And yes, you could revoke an entire class of people from driving, it’s happened on several occasions based on age, physical or mental disability, legal status"
That's not revoking. That's a reasonable restriction of a right based on the safety and welfare of others and which applies to every person.
You said a privilege may be revoked. If that's true, then that means we can revoke the driving privileges of ALL Mexican Americans if we wanted to, right?
"Our other rights are not restricted anywhere like our 2nd Amendment rights are."
Forgetting about the 1st amendment? Laws against libel, slander, fighting words, swearing, hate speech, sexual harrassment, etc. And McCain-Feingold.
Now you can go right ahead and defend each and every one of those 1st amendment speech restrictions. I know you can. Just as others can defend 2nd amendment gun restrictions.