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Originally Posted by ubertuber
This may be a topic for another thread, but it relates because I don't see what his green card status has to do with anything.
Rights granted on the basis of the constitution are granted because we're human, not because we're Americans. I'm deeply disturbed by the trend to deny rights and protections to people based on their national status - whether it be fair trial or something like gun ownership. If it's a right, it's a right.
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Quoted for truth. I have always felt that our constitution should apply to every single person within our jurisdiction as our forefathers specifically said in our deceleration of independence that mankind has certain unalienable rights....
With that been said I do see 1 reason to deny foreigners weapons that I would deem appropriate. If there was a system in place which required extensive background checks in order to purchase a weapon (ie interviewing previous employers, family, ect) a new resident alien would not have much background to probe. In this case I would support not allowing resident aliens to buy a weapon for the first couple years they are in the US.