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Originally posted by thejoker130
In all actuality there is no contitutional guarantee of the right to own a gun. Th second amendment is kinda vague but it doesnt say that all citizens have a right to carry a weapon. It says that state militia members(national gaurd if you will) can own weapons according to the exact wording. Most people just interpret the second amendment to include all citizens.
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Many people? Including Harvard Law professors? Supreme Court Judges? The Framers of the Constitution? The 2nd amendmant says nothing about a "state" militia. Additionally, all of the basic rights recognized in the Bill of Rights are individual rights. Why in the world would the framers, many of whom were lawyers and scholars of high order, include a non-individually based right smack in the midst of a large number of individual rights without making a solid definition?
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the
people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
That's from memory so it might not be exact. That "right of the people" part seems pretty strong to me.
That said, back on the subject of the original post, if you want to carry illegally, go ahead. Just make sure that you are willing to pay the price for your legals misstep, and make doubly sure that you are safe with your carry piece. It may be some anarcho statement to say that the state has no right to dictate what level of protection you have, but politics are BS in the face of being a responsible gun-owner.
I went through the necessary steps to obtain my CCW, and I don't think I've carried concealed but a handful of times since then. I only carry when I feel like I will travelling in an area or circumstance where my safety is debatable. Yes, I can avoid those areas if I want to feel safe, but, in my case, my job is such that I sometimes have to go to the "bad side" of town. When that occurs, I am a tad more likely to come home with my
legally carried weapon.