Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Should guns be outlawed? Vote below

The setting in which the Second Amendment was proposed and adopted demonstrates that the right to bear arms is a collective one, existing only in the collective population of each state for the purpose of maintaining aneffective state militia.
The ACLU agrees with the Supreme Court's long-standing interpretation of the Second Amendment that the individual's right to bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia. Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected. Therefore, there is no constitutional impediment to the regulation of firearms.
Nor does the ACLU believe that there is a significant civil liberties value apart from the Second Amendment in an individual right to own or use firearms. Interests of privacy and self-expression may be involved in any individual's choice of activities or possessions, but these interests are attenuated where the activity, or the object sought to be possessed, is inherently dangerous to others. With respect to firearms, the ACLU believes that this quality of dangerousness justifies legal regulation which substantially restricts the individual's interest in freedom of choice.

Should guns be removed from society?
please cast your vote in the comments

13 Comments:

Blogger Back In The Day said...

I think so, how about you?

9:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's to late for me.

11:47 AM  
Blogger Moonstruck said...

Yes, but... i think that is too late... Everyone who want, its easy to get a gun. over here in portugal, if i want to kill somebody or if i just want to cary a gun its easy (sorry my bad ingles)

11:57 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

too late

5:33 PM  
Blogger Doug The Una said...

Not so much. I'm OK with some limitations. I think the 2nd amendment does allow for restrictions by states on individuals, but that doesn't automatically require disarming the public.

8:41 PM  
Blogger stillwaters said...

Too late. Besides, guns need to disappear universally, like wiped from the history of human memory, or it wouldn't mean all that much.

3:24 PM  
Blogger Presley Bennett said...

no

8:13 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yes, please

8:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NOPE

8:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Definitely YES!!

2:15 PM  
Blogger spike. said...

I've lost 3 very close people to guns. I can't say I'm a fan.

7:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No... Guns aren't the problem, criminals are the problem !

If someone is intent on doing harm they will find a way. Sorry to burst everyone's idealistic bubble.

6:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

they should be outlawed

11:38 AM  

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