Your "rights"

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  1. Patricio Da Silva

    Patricio Da Silva Well-Known Member Donor

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    C'est la vie. Let's take 2nd amendment.
    You have a right to bear arms. There is no condition, but the sentence is it's own condition, for all that is guaranteed is are two guns. The rest can be regulated. "Shall not be infringed" simply means that your right to own a plurality of arms will not be infringed. A minimum number to equal a plurality is two, and anything beyond that can be regulated, including the type of weapon, So, we regulate guns to two guns, and we can't take that right away. But regulating gun ownership is not infringing on the right, because that's all the 2nd amendment guarantees. Originally, it meant access to arms to serve in the state's militia, but since states no longer have militias ( the national guard isn't, in the same original sense, where all males of age were required to be a member ).it has been ruled to mean the right to bear arms, and toss out the stuff about the militia.

    Dems want to make health care a right. Why repubs are against such a good thing as that, is beyond me.
     
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    Just because something uses the plural form does not soley mean "2". Glad you are not a SC Justice.
     
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    Sounds like something for the Supreme court to decide. It's similar to mandated vaccinations, which I oppose. But, a cert of immunity, how does one prove immunity?

    I don't think it can be proven. The presence of antibodies may increase the likelihood of immunity, but it doesn't gaurantee it.
    There are no absolutes in the physical universe. That axiom, apparently, has trickled down to the abstract universe, or more specifically, rights.
     
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    I didn't say that it solely meant '2', I said that beyond 2, it can be regulated. Whether or not it actually is is another matter.
     
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    They are certainly a part of the constitution. But obviously they aren't protected. The government has seemed to want a constitutional crisis. They have one. To say this societal shutdown is unconstitutional is correct. I fear the shutdown will last all the way to November in some of the states.
     
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    Nothing is guaranteed in life. That is why we have rights to allow us to live a fulfilling life. People should make personal decisions, not government or should I say not a freedom loving government.


    Sound and fury, signifying nothing.
     
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