The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(08-19-2020, 07:44 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Driving is actually a good example, regardless of what the constitution happens to say; along with my other examples which you echoed my sentiments on. There are limits to any freedom. And Scalia ruled that the 2nd permits regulation. That should be sufficient. Your gun rights are not infringed if they are kept within prescribed limits. Just like any freedom, it carries responsibility.

Agreed state militias should be well regulated, but you cannot currently ban ownership or carrying.  There are limits to every right, but they normally involve doing harm.  Removing a right of someone who is doing no harm is a big no no.

(08-19-2020, 07:44 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: But then, no need to argue, because I admit, I make these arguments from the perspective of someone who doesn't give a tinker's damn about gun rights. So, color me blue. Green, actually, of course

Well, you should care about the constitution and rule of law.  The recent Trump crisis came about because people who do not care about the constitution and rule of law got into power.  One should not encourage them.

Actually, I don't own a gun either.  I have no personal axe to grind.  However I do care a good deal about the rest of the human rights.  I do not want the government to have a path open to take them away.  The arrow of progress I often talk about is towards democracy, equality, and human rights.  Generally the blue support these.  In this case they have gone astray.