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Post by avordvet on Jul 23, 2010 4:31:01 GMT -5
The nature of 'rights'- Do you have 'Second Amendment rights'?
July 14, 10:47 AM, Albuquerque Libertarian Examiner, Kent McManigal I suppose it is time to once again remind people what rights are, and what the purpose of the Bill of Rights was. I say this because someone has posted a comment demonstrating beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have no clue what a right is, and don't understand what the Bill of Rights had to do with rights; specifically the right to own and to carry arms mentioned in the Second Amendment. A right is something you can do, without asking permission from anyone, simply because you are alive. Anything that does not violate another person's identical and equal rights is within your rights to do, whether trivial or monumentally important. A right can not be limited, regulated, restricted, licensed, or taxed. It can only be respected or violated. A right does not place an obligation on anyone else on your behalf, and "having to put up with being offended" by your actions does not equal an "obligation" on anyone else. In other words, as long as you are not harming or threatening to harm any innocent person while you exercise your right it doesn't matter how upset, offended, or "scared" someone gets by your actions, they have no right to try to stop you. The Bill of Rights was misnamed as it did nothing to "give" you rights... Continue Reading: www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2010m7d14-The-nature-of-rights-Do-you-have-Second-Amendment-rightsAttachments:
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Post by fergus on Jul 23, 2010 9:32:06 GMT -5
Damn straight I do, Skippy.
Dont think I do, jump up and tell me all about it while I clean my guns. Just better be done by the time I am, if you know what I mean.
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Post by brocktownsend on Jul 23, 2010 13:24:31 GMT -5
"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." -- Thomas Jefferson
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Post by avordvet on Jul 23, 2010 14:35:19 GMT -5
"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." -- Thomas Jefferson I love the Second Amendment... Attachments:
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Post by Sedition on Jul 23, 2010 16:04:20 GMT -5
My Mosins tell me I damned sure do.
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