[CHICAGOFARMER]

What is the difference between the first, second, third, etc. thru the tenth. They all protect rights of citizens.

[hedgetrimmer]

Don't forget Bill of Rights day is tomorrow, December 15.

[Sandy]

Consider it clarified.

Hahaha... good one.

[onedoug]

No permits required to obtain an abortion, either, which is supposedly an implied Constitutional right,
in which the life of another will certainly take place.

[lelio]

Sent him an email thanking him for the article. I mentioned that he was dead on comparing the 2nd to the 1st amendment.
Also brought up that utilitarian arguments brought up on this subject are a slippery slope. We all know statistics can be skewed to state anything. Best way is to just say "what part of 'right' don't you understand?"

[Justa]

Bump. When they didn't like Amendment 18 (Prohibition) passed the 21st and repealed it. If they don't like the 2nd they should propose an amendment to repeal it.

When the government has no respect for the Constitution, the people have no respect for the government.

[AAABEST]

Actually, states that allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed guns generally have lower crime rates than other states. And ,of course, the cities that enforce the most draconian laws that violate the meaning of the Second Amendment generally have the highest crime rates. Um, do you see a pattern here?

States which passed concealed carry laws reduced their murder rate by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%.
John R. Lott, Jr., 'More Guns, Less Violent Crime

Every year, as many as one-half million citizens defend themselves with a firearm while away from the home.
The Orange County Register, 19 September 1993

In the ten years following the passage of Florida's concealed carry law in 1987, there were 478,248 people who received permits to carry firearms. FBI reports show that the homicide rate in Florida, which in 1987 was much higher than the national average, fell 39% during that 10-year period. The Florida rate is now far below the national average.
Florida Department of State, Concealed Weapons/Firearms License Statistical Report (10/1/87-12/31/97) and 'Crime in the United States,' Uniform Crime Reports, (1988): 7, 53; and FBI, (1998):15, 77.

During the first ten years that the Florida law was in effect, alligator attacks outpaced the number of crimes committed by conceal carry holders by a 146 to 88 margin.
Memo by Sandra B. Mortham, Secretary of State, Florida Department of State, Concealed Weapons/Firearms License Statistical Report (10/1/87-12/31/97). Mark Trainor, Public Information Specialist for the Office of Information Services, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, Florida (14 December 1998).

In 1987, when Florida enacted such legislation, critics warned that instead of the "Sunshine State", it would become the "Gunshine State". Contrary to the critics predictions, homicide and violent crime dropped faster than the national average. Further, through 1997, only one permit holder out of the over 350,000 permits issued, was convicted of homicide.
Kleck, Gary Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control, Walter de  Gruyter, Inc., New York, 1997

"What we can say with some confidence is that allowing more people to carry guns does not cause an increase in crime. In Florida, where 315,000 permits have been issued, there are only five known instances of violent gun crime by a person with a permit. This makes a permit-holding Floridian the cream of the crop of law-abiding citizens, 840 times less likely to commit a violent firearm crime than a randomly selected Floridian without a permit."
"More Permits Mean Less Crime..." Los Angeles Times, Feb. 19, 1996, Monday, p. B-5

Courtesy of gunfacts.org

[Jefferson Adams]

I'm astounded our government is stripping us of our rights.

I'm not. They've been doing it for decades. The frog is almost boiled.

[the]

Thanks for posting this article.

I posted the article that this is following up on back in November. If anyone is interested, here is the link to the original on FR:

This Strip `search' a victim of new law

[classygreeneyedblonde]

Hey I know him......