Originally Posted by
Mason32
Just as the actual statistics of the number of crimes prevented by gun ownership/use is also equally higher than the anti-gun crowd wants to admit.
What kind of double talk is that? How can you advocate supporting the Bill of Rights... and then say it is "ok" to regulate? You either regulate it, or you don't. Once the door to regulation is open, then it is just a matter of opinion as to what is too much, or too little... and nobody will ever agree on what is too much, or too little. I don't see you advocating regulation of the press or freedom of religion? Why is one right suddenly less important to you than another?
Mason,
I think you are on to something and don't even know it. That is exactly how much of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights works.
There is no absolute freedom of speech, freedom of religion, or freedom of the press. There is also no absolute freedom to keep and bear arms. They all are regulated and they all are complicated. That door to regulation has been opened long ago.
The bottom line is that very little about the United States Constitution is so cut and dry. The parts that are absolute are easy to find, because they generate little discussion and few cases.
You know, stuff like having to be 30 to be a U.S. senator, or the 13th Amendment and the prohibition of slavery, or the 26th Amendment and needing to be 18 to vote.
For you to project that you think any regulation of any of the first 10 Amendemnts is unsupportave of them shows that you haven't thought thru the issue.
Should the mentally impaired be able to own guns? No?
(Thats regulation of the right to bear arms.)
Should you be able to organize the overthrow of the government? No?
(That's regulation of free speech)
Should newspapers be able to publish things that they know to be false? No?
(That is regualtion of freedom of the press)
Should men be able to marry more than one women (sometimes under-age)? No?
(That is a regulation of the freedom of religion)
You are right that one one will ever agree on what is too much or too little regulation. But, I hope you now realize that everyone agrees that there should be some regulation.
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