Re: OT: Time To Buy A Gun, Or Move To New Zealand?

Andrew F. Heil wrote:
>>Compare and contrast this to the right of privacy, please. Please
>>point out where in the Constitution the word "privacy" appears.
>
>
> Right next to the word "firearm"?
>
> Why are you asking this of me, by the way? Someone wrote that the
> Second Amendment limits the possession of arms to the militia and I
> disputed this. I merely pointed out that the Constitution is not
> explicit and is open to interpretation, then I proceeded to indicate
> that the consistent interpretation by the United States Supreme Court
> of the phrase "the people" is a reference not to militia but to the
> civilian populace at large. This pretty well squares with an
> interpretation of the Second Amendment as guaranteeing some sort of
> right by the citizenry, militia and non-militia, to bear arms.
>
> And your response is to demand of me where "privacy" appears in the
> Constitution and (sigh)ing. Why? Apparently you've concluded that I
> am pro-privacy and anti-right-to-bear-arms. I'm not sure where you
> came to either of those conclusions. You're wrong on one of them.
> Care to take a stab at which one?
>

Ok, sorry for misinterpreting your viewpoint. I simply wanted to
emphasize again the interesting mirror symmetry between the right to
bear arms and the right of privacy. Poeple wanting to abrogate either
of these rights are at different ends of the political spectrum. One
group is yelling about how guns are killing people, and guns should be
banned. The other group is yelling about how abortion rights are
killing people (the "unborn"), and abortion should be banned. Both
groups feel a deep moral conviction in their stand.

Interesting how neither group can see how much they have in common with
the other.


--dkomo@xxxxxxxx

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