[Vision2020] Gun Talk

Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 2 17:22:59 PST 2013


Oh, I'm listening.  I just think you're trying to wish away what the 
Constitution says.  What good is a Right if you can curtail it however 
you want?  MY Right to bear arms should not be infringed because some 
other a-hole with an AR15 and a couple of screws loose caused a 
tragedy.  If he had survived, and was convicted in a court of law, then 
his freedom would have been taken away, if not his life.  I still have 
that right to arm myself that was very clearly laid out in the text of 
the Bill of Rights.

I'm not saying that my right to bear arms should override your right to 
walk around in public without getting shot by me.  I am saying that your 
dislike of guns and/or wish that no one had them does not override my 
right to bear arms.  This seems very clear to me.  We're talking about 
where rights collide.  But for rights to collide, you have to have them 
in the first place.  The First Amendment analogy would be to take away 
your right to post freely on the Internet because some a-hole on a forum 
somewhere libeled me.

Paul

On 02/02/2013 04:28 PM, Joe Campbell wrote:
> I've told you this before but you don't seem to be listening: any 
> right can be violated for the right reason; there is NO right to do X 
> regardless; all rights have limitations given their nature. You can't 
> allow people the right to violate the rights of others, for instance. 
> Thus, when rights bump up against each other, one of them has to give.
>
> And it says "the right of the people ... shall not be violated" not 
> "folks can own whatever kind of gun they wish, and for whatever reason 
> or purpose." Curtailing my speech by prohibiting me from slanderous 
> public comments is not a violation of my rights since I never had the 
> right to harm your interests in the first place. I can speak freely 
> ... up to a point. Essentially a right is something you can do so long 
> as it doesn't bump up against the rights and interests of others. 
> Because NO ONE has a right to do wrong.
>
> This point seems very clear. I've made it over and over. If you could 
> spot the flaw in the argument, I'd be interested to know what it is. 
> But you won't even talk about. You just keep making the same false 
> claim about gun rights, over and over again.
>
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:godshatter at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     My idea doesn't match the current narrative going around, eh?
>
>     The Bill of Rights, of which the 2nd Amendment is one, doesn't
>     give us any rights.  They are already ours.  All it does is limit
>     what the government can do with regards to those rights.  For
>     example, for the 1st Amendment, it's "Congress shall make no
>     law...".  For the 4th Amendment it's "The right of the people ...
>     shall not be violated". In the case of the 2nd Amendment, that
>     limit is "the right of the people ... shall not infringed".  The
>     well regulated militia part is explanatory, a reason why the
>     "shall not infringe" part was put there.
>
>     I'm having a hard time reconciling the word "ban" with the words
>     "the right of the people ... shall not be infringed".  They appear
>     to be diametrically opposed to each other, to me.  But then I
>     guess I don't drink the Kool-aid.
>
>     Paul
>
>
>     On 02/02/2013 01:54 PM, Joe Campbell wrote:
>>     You have a faulty understanding of the notion of a constitutional
>>     right.
>>
>>     On Feb 2, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com
>>     <mailto:godshatter at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>>>     On 02/02/2013 01:09 PM, Joe Campbell wrote:
>>>>     1/ ban those guns too maybe
>>>
>>>     If only there was some Constitutional backing for that.  If that
>>>     still matters, anymore.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>     2/ and the drones.
>>>
>>>     I wouldn't "ban" them, necessarily.  Better to use drones that
>>>     put boots on the ground.  I'd simply suggest that we stop using
>>>     them as our President's personal kill toy.
>>>
>>>     Someday I'd like to hear this story from the perspective of one
>>>     of the remote controllers of the drones.  How exactly does an
>>>     average drone assassination go down?
>>>
>>>     Paul
>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On Feb 2, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Paul Rumelhart
>>>>     <godshatter at yahoo.com <mailto:godshatter at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     You know, I could get behind these attempts to portray people
>>>>>     who are against the assault weapons ban as sociopaths or
>>>>>     schizophrenics, if it weren't for the following things:
>>>>>
>>>>>     1.  If the proponents of these bans weren't so disingenuous
>>>>>     with their wording.  "Assault weapon" is a look-and-feel
>>>>>     definition, not a usage-based one.  A Ruger Mini 14 is just as
>>>>>     deadly in a spree shooting as an AR15, but it's not considered
>>>>>     an "assault weapon" because it doesn't look enough like a
>>>>>     movie prop.  I've both made this kind of comment on this list
>>>>>     before and have seen it made here many times.  I haven't seen
>>>>>     anyone answer it.  What is the use of banning a weapon based
>>>>>     on how military it looks?  Why ban guns with barrel shrouds? 
>>>>>     All they do is keep you from burning yourself on the barrel. 
>>>>>     Or bayonet mounts?  Are we really worried about the latest
>>>>>     rash of gun stabbings? My conclusion: it's only useful
>>>>>     politically.
>>>>>
>>>>>     2.  If they weren't so intent to ride the "think of the
>>>>>     children" wave.  If the deaths of school children should be
>>>>>     driving our behaviors, then how about we overhaul the drone
>>>>>     program?  Lots of children are dying every day via drones, all
>>>>>     OK'd by our sitting President.  I posted an article about that
>>>>>     a few days ago, I think.  So why is the outrage over Newtown
>>>>>     driving the assault weapons ban but there is no outrage over
>>>>>     drone-killings?  The only differences I can see are that the
>>>>>     Newtown angle has been in the news non-stop while there is
>>>>>     very little reporting on personally sanctioned assassinations
>>>>>     by our President and that the children killed by drones are
>>>>>     brown and not white.  "Foreign" and not "domestic", if that
>>>>>     makes you sleep better.  Also, every new gun-related incident
>>>>>     gets center stage attention, as if these kinds of tragedies
>>>>>     haven't been happening all the time.  Suddenly, a switch is
>>>>>     thrown and we're all outraged about them.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Now, I can get behind better background checks.  I'd like to
>>>>>     see more focus on how we can keep guns out of the hands of the
>>>>>     mentally ill as well, as long as we're careful about people's
>>>>>     rights so a random Joe can't be suddenly labeled "mentally
>>>>>     ill" because he or she owns an AR15 or for some other trumped
>>>>>     up reason.  Better databases covering gun sales would also
>>>>>     make sense, though I can understand the concerns that if they
>>>>>     know about your guns they can also come take them away.  More
>>>>>     training on gun handling and safety would also not go amiss.
>>>>>
>>>>>     But this push to ban "assault weapons" is blatant political
>>>>>     theater.  The magazine size restrictions are idiotic, as well.
>>>>>     It takes a second to swap a magazine if you've practiced it a
>>>>>     few times.  Pick up the magazine, release the current one and
>>>>>     let it drop, shove the new one home.
>>>>>
>>>>>     tl;dr version: gun control is currently all about political
>>>>>     expediency when it should be all about actual effectiveness.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Paul
>>>>>
>>>>>     On 02/02/2013 09:26 AM, Moscow Cares wrote:
>>>>>>     <mime-attachment.jpg>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     "Moscow Cares"
>>>>>>     http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>>>>>     Tom Hansen
>>>>>>     Moscow, Idaho
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>>>>>>     But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>>>>>>     If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     - John Lennon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Art Deco
>>>>>>     <art.deco.studios at gmail.com
>>>>>>     <mailto:art.deco.studios at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Understanding why we need assault rifles:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     <Tom Tomorrow Glib Guns TMW2013-01-30colorKOS.png>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     -- 
>>>>>>>     Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
>>>>>>>     art.deco.studios at gmail.com <mailto:art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
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