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Again....when the government got thier claws in, is when the mess began. It was way too late to even begin the waiting period, or the permit to carry a gun. Who is going to get the permits???? Who is going to hand over the guns??? Do you honestly think the worst offenders using weapons are going through the legal process to obtain a gun?
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Waiting periods? Permits? Hand them over? Legal process? Firearms ownership and carry is a right. If you need a permit to do something it becomes merely a privelege. The American people have lost sight of the meaning of, and exercise of liberty! The Constitution specifies the steps necessary for the government to revoke a liberty in the 5th amendment. Due process means an action of the courts against an individual for just cause. An example would be weapons disability imposed for the commission of a felony.
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Amendment II
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.
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Before the arguments start, note the word PEOPLE as opposed to soldiers, militias, or other government agencies.
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The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals .... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of."
-- Albert Gallatin, New York Historical Society, October 7, 1789
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Main Entry: right
Function: noun
Something to which one has a just claim: as a: the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled <voting rights> <his right to decide>
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Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime,......, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
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