Nine Myths of Gun Control

[cookhj]

if people actually read the 2nd amendment there wouldn't be any need for argument. the amendment is perfectly clear. here's an academic explanation on the word usage in the second amendment: http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/unabridged.2nd.html

[bush]

Originally Posted by david223

Point 2 - Again, correct in the US, but it's not a null point, just has no practical value.

You don't have a leg to stand on here. You don't have an informed opinion on the right, or whether or not it has a practical value.

[bush]

Originally Posted by cookhj

if people actually read the 2nd amendment there wouldn't be any need for argument. the amendment is perfectly clear. here's an academic explanation on the word usage in the second amendment: http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/unabridged.2nd.html

"(2) The right is not granted by the amendment; its existence is assumed. The thrust of the sentence is that the right shall be preserved inviolate for the sake of ensuring a militia."

[EEfz6]

Originally Posted by bush

You don't have a leg to stand on here. You don't have an informed opinion on the right, or whether or not it has a practical value.

I am pretty sure he did not mean that the right has not practical value. He is acknowledging our right, and that the suggestion of severely controlling firearms by the government has no practical value.

[bush]

Originally Posted by EEfz6

I am pretty sure he did not mean that the right has not practical value. He is acknowledging our right, and that the suggestion of severely controlling firearms by the government has no practical value.

Ok, my mistake. I agree with that.

[david223]

Originally Posted by EEfz6

I am pretty sure he did not mean that the right has not practical value. He is acknowledging our right, and that the suggestion of severely controlling firearms by the government has no practical value.

You see EEfz6, that's why you weren't one of the two I was referring to in my earlier post. You actually read the post instead of jumping on a word or two and freaking out, unlike others on here...

[mikem317]

Well this IS the internet, right?