Posted on 07/14/2008 4:10:51 AM PDT by marktwain
Or the Second Amendment is our concealed carry permit; why should we have to enter a national database to obtain permission to exercise a God-given constitutionally-protected right?
I've heard this expressed several times and understand the intent. However, it's flawed. The 2nd Amendment "permits" nothing. On the other hand it expressly prohibits the government from infringing on our right to keep and bear (own and carry) arms.
We need to insist on the restoration of our right to open carry weapons without the requirement of government "permission" to do so. I used to be that someone NOT carrying a weapon was the exception. Let's it make it that way again.
Because bad people rob banks?
If you do [open] carry into a bank, be alert.
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You seem to cause a lot of trouble around here. Not too long you talked down to me and a bunch of other people because we disagreed with Darwin.
If you got piles of money, you should probably go with a Kimber. Mine is a Springfield with alterations to the trigger and better and adjustable sites. Fell in love with it in the Marine Corps.
The Second Amendment to me means that I could take public transportation into NYC (Metro North for me), with a “go” combat load: MP-5 slung around my back, dual magazines for that, with a pistol on my hip and a few extra magazines for that.
The Second Amendment also means that I could park a dual .50 in a yard for anti-air.
Also, said MP-5 would have Safe, Semi, Burst, and Full Auto. Yes, the Founders couldn’t have had a dream about today’s firearms, but the Second Amendment was written with ‘arms’ in it, not just ‘firearms’. Arms encompasses anything and everything.
And I didn’t mean that the Second Amendment, Constitution or Bill of Rights permitted anything. I’m just saying that if somebody were to ask for a permit, just say “Look at the Bill of Rights.” Something to that effect.
You must have a large frame to be able to carry a full size 1911 inside the pants without it printing.
Sounds like a good plan.
We shouldn't need a "concealed carry permit" or an "open carry permit", or even a FID/FOID. The right to keep and bear arms is the enumerated individual right that is protected.
What does a prohibition on felons carrying, or keeping for the matter, have to do with the rights of non-felons? If felons are caught with with firearms. Put them in jail..again.
It hasn't been all that long in most places that convicted felons, once they had served their full sentences, including probation time, could once again exercise their RKBA.
Federal law provides for restoration of the RKBA after serving one's sentence. Problem is that for some time Congress has prohibited spending any money on processing requests for restoration of rights.
Besides, have you seen some of the Mickey Mouse offenses that are now felonies?
Once a felon has completed the full term of his sentence, including parole and probation, why not? For the state to legitimately disarm someone for life as a consequence of a crime, lifetime disarmament (a form of probation) would have to be part of the sentence prescribed by law. There is no legitimate basis for the parts of GCA'68 add lifetime disarmament to the sentences of all crimes punishable by a year or more in prison.
and the leftists count on you thinking that #35.
then they get divorcing women to claim some abuse and they take your guns. or some other little something and they take his guns and pretty soon everyone is a felon for some little reason or other and they have taken all the guns.
So think about this, someone goes to jail and pays their time and when they get out, they DON'T have the individual right to defend themselves?????
I agree if they can't be trusted, keep them in jail otherwise they have the right to have a gun.
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