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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
It's really sad to see such such a basic right being challenged like this and 4 to 5, that is just fucked up.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Self defense? That is not even the purpose of the second amendment. The whole purpose of bearing arms is so that the people can overthrow the government if need be. The government should be afraid of its people, not the other way around.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
This is such a bullshit decision on other levels also. The court ruled that it can make you get a license to own a gun. So now this implies that the government can force you to get a license for any RIGHT. So what, are we going to have to apply for a license to exercise free speech. We gained ground for the second amendment and lost ground for every other right.
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Most of my guns are registered already so I have no problem getting a permit, I have a carry permit already for california, the problem that is big inn my mind is people aren't getting proper training before getting their first gun, then they have kids and think they are too young to use them to they hide them from the kids, I trained my daughter, she got a marksmanship ribbon for the pistol in navy boot camp, it was the smallest pistol she had ever shot, I trained her on the S&W 40 and the 1911-a colt 45, wait till they let her shoot the M-16, she'll get sharpshooter at least