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Mass shooting on campus in Oregon

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Gator, Oct 1, 2015.

  1. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Not sure I see your point?
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    What training and testing should be required to practice journalism?
     
  3. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Car ownership is not quite as "regulated" as the chart would suggest.
     
  4. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    What do you think of laws criminalizing gun possession by convicted felons?
     
  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Well, "Rubbers" wasn't a founder of Planned Parenthood, and I would suspect his views on race, like a lot of people his age, have changed pretty dramatically over the years.
     
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    What does that have to do with it?

    More conditional than the right to abortion or free speech? Where has that been determined?
     
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Convicted felons currently lose their right to vote, so I don't see an issue with it.

    Of course, the left wants to change that.

    I'd expand it! Convicted felons should lose their right to abortion and free speech too!
     
  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

    It reads to me like any restriction on carrying could be a Constitutional violation. Otherwise, "and bear Arms" would be superfluous. Has anyone challenged, for example, restrictions on bringing guns into courthouses and public schools? It would be an interesting case.
     
  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I don't care about "the left" right now. Don't steer the question.

    Is the restriction on felons possessing guns unconstitutional? I feel that it might be. It probably is.
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I don't necessarily disagree.

    In fact, unlike some other rights, the Constitution is clear that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed, period. It doesn't specify just Congress. Which means States and Cities can't do it either.

    But, I'm looking for consistency.

    If you're going to argue in favor of interpreting the 2nd Amendment in a particular way, you should also be open to interpreting other rights the same way.

    I don't see a lot of that.
     
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