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What does red or blue have to do with this? Rights are for everyone. Government privileges always end up favoring particular groups for personal or political r
by chmod600 6y ago
What does red or blue have to do with this?
Rights are for everyone. Government privileges always end up favoring particular groups for personal or political reasons. To demote a right to a privilege is to prefer this kind of favoritism over equal protection of the laws.
If "blue" states just didn't like guns, then they would simply ban all CCW permits. But they do like guns -- as long as the "right" kind of people have them and the guns look the "right" way.
- wyclif 6y agoAgreed that rights are for everyone, equally applied. It only has to do with it insofar as the conditions he mentions: red states tend to be shall issue, blue states tend to be may issue. If you doubt that's true, look at this map: http://www.joebrower.com/PHILE_PILE/PIX/RKBA/CCW_shall_issue_states_map_March2002.gif http://www.joebrower.com/PHILE_PILE/PIX/RKBA/CCW_shall_issue... Now, that map is 18 years old and things may have changed a little since then, but I doubt it's changed much. This is why, as mentioned above, "may issue" is ripe for graft and corruption.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>If "blue" states just didn't like guns, then they would simply ban all CCW permits. There's a pesky amendment that prevents that so they settle for restricting "undesirables" (a definition which is a moving target over time).
- chmod600 6y agoThe second amendment seems to protect some kind of carrying. It's not clear from my reading that it protects concealed carry.