Thanks for the comments! Always interesting to see different views.
I'm assuming that the majority of gun owners have accepted (not happily I know)the current restrictions on 2A as lawful.
I am curious, what's the line?
If u don't want to answer. I understand.
Mine would be gun registration.
Not going to happen. I'll leave it there.
Does even thinking about a plan in case this happens make me paranoid, a criminal, or a patriot?
Is just bringing it up a violation of forum rules?
Yes I know anti 2A people read the forum.
I have no problem with anyone knowing my feelings... everyone in my real life already knows all too well!
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- Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:01 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: 2nd Amendment Question
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- Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:03 am
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: 2nd Amendment Question
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2nd Amendment Question
Someone asked me today if I believed the 2nd amendment truly meant that I as an individual have the right to own guns and the right to carry guns in public. I answered yes. I was then asked why I allow the city, county, or state - much less federal governments to determine what kind of gun I can carry. He suggested that if I believed my 2A rights were being violated wouldn't that mean the LEO was in violation of their oath? Was I willing to go to jail to prove my belief in the 2nd Amendment?
It was a good question honestly.
I answered that yes I believed that the 2A meant that I, as an individual, had a right to keep my gun... but obviously the government and I have a different opinion on the right to bear arms.
I admitted that most days I am not willing to get arrested... because no one would have my back.
It got me thinking... can we really say we support and defend the 2nd Amendment when we have no problem with the government deciding who can bear arms, what type of arms they can bear, and where they can bear them?
Am I really just all talk when I am a member of numerous 2A organizations - but yet I will not push back on laws that clearly violate the 2nd Amendment? I do not hold my elected officials and law enforcement truly accountable for their part in violating my 2nd Amendment rights either?
Is it really good enough just to say I support politicians who will restore the 2nd Amendment, when I already know the best they might do is keep it the same?
What is your opinion?
How would you have responded?
It was a good question honestly.
I answered that yes I believed that the 2A meant that I, as an individual, had a right to keep my gun... but obviously the government and I have a different opinion on the right to bear arms.
I admitted that most days I am not willing to get arrested... because no one would have my back.
It got me thinking... can we really say we support and defend the 2nd Amendment when we have no problem with the government deciding who can bear arms, what type of arms they can bear, and where they can bear them?
Am I really just all talk when I am a member of numerous 2A organizations - but yet I will not push back on laws that clearly violate the 2nd Amendment? I do not hold my elected officials and law enforcement truly accountable for their part in violating my 2nd Amendment rights either?
Is it really good enough just to say I support politicians who will restore the 2nd Amendment, when I already know the best they might do is keep it the same?
What is your opinion?
How would you have responded?