Does the Second Amendment really have a purpose anymore?

[lnrw]

That's why your idea sucks.

No universal guaranteed rights. Just a bunch of bylaws and variable privileges.

So guns, or anything else could be banned.

Your idea guarantees nothing.

[The Comrade]

yeah but guaranteed rights are only guaranteed so long as those in power guarantee them.

[Libertarian602]

Firearms can't be banned under our constitution, but they can be regulated. So no, guns can't be banned.

[lnrw]

There is but a single guarantee in life: if you live, you will die.

I would still rather have my rights in writing, than have them frivolously pissed away by some petty bureaucrats and vague philosophical arguments based on very minor or non existent points.

Nature may not provide rights, but neither does it provide pens, paper, computers or any other thing to track them. Government is a very unnatural thing. It's not logical, caring or intelligent. It's a brutal beast seeking to grow, expand and feed itself at the expense of those unable or unwilling to stand up to it.

It is only natural that humanity will seek to better itself and have rights if ruled by an over lord, be they elected, appointed or imposed.

That's your natural rights.

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[The Dharma Bum]

you can say the same thing about laws as you can about rights

do you think people should respect the law?

[The Dharma Bum]

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