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Originally Posted by Mordoc
I know I'm in the weaponry forum, so this probably isn't the smartest post I could make...
Discriminating against a group and banning hanguns are completely different animals. Equal treatment is set in stone in America- or should be, for obvious reasons. The second amendment, however is not. If the Constitution was unchangeable, alcohol would still be illegal and blacks would count as 3/5 of a person.
Also, I keep getting more and more concerned about how people conveniently forget that the second amendment provides the right to arms for the purpose of maintaining a militia. When's the last time the militia protected our shores from invaders? And how many gun owners are in a militia?
Just my .02
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Just to point out a few things. If the constitution was unchangeable, alchohol never would have become illegal in the first place, and there was no law that said black had to be slaves. The practices were there none the less, but they were never part of the constitution. In fact, freeing them, was in part, a recognition that we were defying our own constitution.
Secondly, on the point of militia... The second ammendment states that there needs to be a freedom to own and operate firearms, needed for a well regulated militia. Translation from the language of the time reveals that the militia CAN NOT be part of the government, as they are in place to prevent ANY OPPRESIVE GOVERNMENT from violating the rights of the people. Wether that government be ours, or an invading country.
The militia need not be organized and practiced as the army, because then it becomes, basically, another army. There does however need to be trained and competent firearms owners, whom in a time of need, can band together to form that militia.
Also included in that ammendment is the need to have the means to protect yourself, and your own. Meaning your life, the lives of your family, and your property.
There are a ton of books out there that detail where the second ammendment came from, which previous laws it was based (Indeed, laws and ideals going back to the greeks, and running through Britains entire history if you care enough to take the time to read it), what ideals it was designed to protect, and how it was intended to be interperated.
Go find one. Read it. Then come back with a more informed opinion. I wish only that I could remember the title of the best one I ever read... I know my father has it somewhere, when I find it I will post it.
That said, I feverantly hope this city law ends up where it belongs, in the trash can.