Another gun thread...
December 20, 2012 at 7:52 pm
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2012 at 8:03 pm by Napoléon.)
Yeah, it's a raging topic at the moment, but there's one question I'd like to ask which I asked before and it never really got answered by any of the pro-guns gang.
What is it that gives someone 'the right to bear arms'?
I'd rather not get into the whole founding fathers/constitution/fighting oppressive governments crap (unless that really is the reason you think you're entitled to bear arms, because your government says so).
Rather I'd like to discuss from a more moral point of view. Is it to do with self defence? Is it to do with personal freedom?
It's something I'd like to hear arguments for, as all everyone argues about at the moment is about taking guns away, not really giving much in depth reason (from what I've seen) as to why anyone should be entitled in the first place.
Any takers?
Oh, and I'm interested to see what people think in my poll
*edit* I should specify that the question in the poll isn't concerning the constitutional sense, rather in the general moral sense of how we define rights.
What is it that gives someone 'the right to bear arms'?
I'd rather not get into the whole founding fathers/constitution/fighting oppressive governments crap (unless that really is the reason you think you're entitled to bear arms, because your government says so).
Rather I'd like to discuss from a more moral point of view. Is it to do with self defence? Is it to do with personal freedom?
It's something I'd like to hear arguments for, as all everyone argues about at the moment is about taking guns away, not really giving much in depth reason (from what I've seen) as to why anyone should be entitled in the first place.
Any takers?
Oh, and I'm interested to see what people think in my poll
*edit* I should specify that the question in the poll isn't concerning the constitutional sense, rather in the general moral sense of how we define rights.
