Comments on: Town asks residents to arm themselves

By: The View From North Central Idaho - Mandating gun ownership

The View From North Central Idaho - Mandating gun ownership — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:59:32 +0000

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By: straightarrow

straightarrow — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:19:56 +0000

A right is exercised at the volition of the individual owning that right. Should it become mandatory or prohibited, it is no longer at his volition and therefore is not a right.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:40:27 +0000

Worked for Kennesaw, Georgia.

http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/2nd_Amend/crime_rate_plummets.htm

By: Ron W

Ron W — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:39:13 +0000

Captain Holly,

You’re correct about that intent. I think Patrick Henry said, “the great object is that every man be armed.”

But being “pro-choice” on guns and armed self-defense, I think that the government should not require that “the people keep and bear arms” any more than it should “infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms”.

Anyone is free to waive any right including the RKBA and be an unarmed pacifist.

By: Captain Holly

Captain Holly — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:55:36 +0000

IIRC, one of the original drafts of the Second Amendment had a clause allowing Quakers and other CO’s to opt out of carrying arms, implying that the intent of the Second was for everyone to own a gun.