| Actually SCOTUS disagrees with you. Rights are not absolute. Speech is not absolute, nor is the right to bear arms. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/second-amendment/the... >In its decision, authored by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court was careful to stress the limited nature of its ruling. Writing for the majority, Justice Scalia noted: “Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. [It is] not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” Individual rights are subject to regulation, and in general, the idea here is the minimum regulation necessary to maximize the utility of the right for everyone. What happened here is by affirming gun ownership as a basic right as speech is a basic right, the responsibility part can now be sorted out over time as it has been done for speech. Go read the decisions. It's in there. With rights come responsibilities. And that is, in my view, exactly the right thing to do. We have a few limits on speech, for example. There is criminal speech. There are a few limits on gun ownership. And those will generally pass the courts given their scope and purpose is as described above. There is criminal gun ownership. Now, to be clear here, I am not advocating any restrictions whatsoever. No means tests, no licenses, nothing of the sort. Just education. In particular, the same education I got, and that many get as part of their gun ownership experience. Not talking about licenses or anything. Just education. Ownership would not be predicated on said education. Surely you are not advocating we fail to educate people who are carrying deadly weapons around? I've passed my own on, and have saved lives. Frankly, having had it, my own life was saved at least once. And the stats play out favorably. Just educating people, and doing nothing else, improves on the injury and death stats we face today. The goal of said education? The people will self-regulate to a far more effective degree than we currently see today, and that is all. You appear to be advocating a free for all, and that's not at all what SCOTUS did. Nor should they. |