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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ManyMoose who wrote (15618)	10/17/2002 8:33:50 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Now you are jerking me around. Criminals give up their freedom too, after due process. Not entirely. Where is it that I should look in the Bill of Rights that criminals give up their freedoms [rights], after due process? Much of the "individual right to bear arms" position relies on a constructionist argument of the 2nd amendment, and often ignoring [as you did], the first clause and the USSC decision on US vs. Miller. Holding the position that the 2nd amendment is a collective right vs. and individual right, there's no problem in barring gun ownership for convicted felons. On the other hand, if it's an individual right I can't see any Constitutional basis that allows denying a convicted felon from owning a gun or any other type of weapon after being released from prison. You might think that later position defies common sense or something along those lines, but it's a rule of law issue. We don't fabricate restrictions on freedoms from thin air, there has to be a legal [and Constitutional] basis for it. jttmab