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The broadness of the first amendment is largely responsible for modern American society having as much personal liberty as it does by encompassing the "live and
by noobiemcfoob 9y ago
The broadness of the first amendment is largely responsible for modern American society having as much personal liberty as it does by encompassing the "live and let live" concept
The 2nd amendment then keeps the government from having a great justification for countless "protective" measures. Don't help me when I can help myself.
- krapp 9y ago>The 2nd amendment then keeps the government from having a great justification for countless "protective" measures. Don't help me when I can help myself. Can you give any examples of such measures, or evidence that the threat of violent revolution implied in the Second Amendment, versus the political power of the gun lobby and American gun culture, has ever been effective at limiting the US government or its rationale?
- jeffdavis 9y agoThe post to which you replied refers to self defense rather than a threat of violent revolution.
- krapp 9y agoI don't see how self defense prevents the government from having a justification for any "protective" measures, but I concede I may have misinterpreted the parent.
- noobiemcfoob 9y agoWith what I'm talking about, you aren't going to see 1 for 1 examples of cause and effect. It's more that having these measures in place will necessarily prevent certain types of measures from even being considered since they've been excluded from the Overton window.