To: jdm
Rights are protections against government. When the government can define the limits of your rights, you don't have any. This is especially the case when the government gets to decide what are "reasonable" restrictions on your rights.
21 posted on
01/14/2008 8:17:59 AM PST by
JoeFromSidney
(My book is out. Read excerpts at http://www.thejusticecooperative.com)
To: JoeFromSidney
My view is that the government should arrest and convict people who use a gun to commit a crime, and leave the rest of us alone!
Once a person is convicted of a crime that involved the use of a gun, he should be severely punished--no parole given, no excuses made.
Our rights should not be infringed because there are folks who commit crimes using a gun.
23 posted on
01/14/2008 8:31:17 AM PST by
basil
(Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: JoeFromSidney
Not sure why it is so hard for some folks. even FReepers, to understand something so basic.
Ignorant, stupid, or evil. They've gotta be one of 'em...
25 posted on
01/14/2008 8:34:47 AM PST by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: JoeFromSidney
“When the government can define the limits of your rights, you don’t have any.”
Bingo.
A right is a right. A privilege is how Bush’s DOJ views firearms ownership.
To: JoeFromSidney
To: JoeFromSidney; hiredhand; Travis McGee; Lurker; Joe Brower
52 posted on
01/14/2008 10:15:23 AM PST by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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