Comments on: You Have An Individual Right to Bear Arms in the United States http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/06/26/you-have-an-individual-right-to-bear-arms/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: selila http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/06/26/you-have-an-individual-right-to-bear-arms/#comment-47915 selila Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:48:20 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=971#comment-47915 Considering the NRA is a fine academic exercise, but frankly, the idea of more gun deaths is what is bothering me more today, be they accidents in the home, or as a result of a gun stolen and turning up on the street. Further, this decision validates the false fear many Americans have that they are minutes from becoming victims of a home invasion. Expect many more Keith Washington incidents. Considering the NRA is a fine academic exercise, but frankly, the idea of more gun deaths is what is bothering me more today, be they accidents in the home, or as a result of a gun stolen and turning up on the street.

Further, this decision validates the false fear many Americans have that they are minutes from becoming victims of a home invasion.

Expect many more Keith Washington incidents.

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]]> By: MB http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/06/26/you-have-an-individual-right-to-bear-arms/#comment-47909 MB Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:04:07 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=971#comment-47909 Thinking about this - now that we've removed any possibility of a legal basis for confiscation of guns (the NRAs favorite nuclear bugaboo), I wonder whether registration seems more reasonable. It strikes me that it wouldn't be at all inconsistent with the idea that self-defense is the core basis of the 2nd Amendment. Thinking about this - now that we’ve removed any possibility of a legal basis for confiscation of guns (the NRAs favorite nuclear bugaboo), I wonder whether registration seems more reasonable. It strikes me that it wouldn’t be at all inconsistent with the idea that self-defense is the core basis of the 2nd Amendment.

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