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I'm not sure what you're saying here. I never stated that the right to keep and bear arms (or any right) is inherently given by the Constitution since that woul

I'm not sure what you're saying here. I never stated that the right to keep and bear arms (or any right) is inherently given by the Constitution since that would be false. The Constitution does _protect_ and specifically enumerate some inherent human rights.

krapp 5y ago
If the Second Amendment doesn't grant a legal right to keep and bear arms, why is it necessary? If it does, and is, how is it any different than a gun license or permit in being a legal fiction whose legitimacy depends on a government whose motives can't be trusted?
- mgarfias 5y ago
  He said that 2A doesn't give us the right. It recognizes a pre-existing natural right.
jug2837 5y ago
> The Constitution does _protect_ and specifically enumerate some inherent human rights. This is a religious belief - that rights are inherent to human beings. It's debatable whether gun ownership is an inherent human right beyond how we define them.
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- yeetawayhn 5y ago
  So the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights is religious?