RE: Quick question on gun confiscation.
February 8, 2017 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2017 at 5:53 pm by brewer.)
(February 8, 2017 at 2:51 pm)popeyespappy Wrote:(February 8, 2017 at 2:25 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: How is it a right and not a privilege? Don't you have to "qualify" to own a gun legally? I know that I had to.
The only qualifications at the federal level are age related. Otherwise you have to be disqualified (i.e. felony conviction, adjudicated mentally incompetent, etc...) in order to not be allowed to keep and bear firearms.
OK, play on words. Thanks.
(February 8, 2017 at 2:32 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Because it's ensconced as such in...wait for it...the bill of rights? We set "qualifications" for our rights, reasonably and justifiably so, without making them any less of a right. In contrast, public library access is a privilege which can be revoked regardless of whether or not you "qualify" for a library card.
Once you set a qualification it becomes a privilege.
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