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NutmegYankee

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58. Defending civil rights for all is a core Liberal value.

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 07:06 PM

Aug 2014

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws

Barring a court denying the right via due process, a nation of rights and laws cannot deny a person the right to exercise them, even if it seems dumb.

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Not Satire: New NRA Video Endorses Gun Permits For Blind People [View all] KamaAina Aug 2014 OP

...you hear someone break into your house, so you yell..."Marco" NightWatcher Aug 2014 #1

The stupid. It burns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #2

Independence and equality are fiercely fought for in the world of the blind (you need to read this) underpants Aug 2014 #3

They have a point about "the mistaken belief" KamaAina Aug 2014 #4

Also from the NFB underpants Aug 2014 #5

I am quite familiar with the NFB KamaAina Aug 2014 #6

Yes there is no coddling with the NFB underpants Aug 2014 #8

From the article KamaAina Aug 2014 #19

Low vision underpants Aug 2014 #24

Drivers license too? flamin lib Aug 2014 #25

If everybody should get a gun Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #7

Pardon me, UncleYoder Aug 2014 #9

DUzy!! KamaAina Aug 2014 #11

So you are willing to discriminate and remove a right without due process based on a disability? Lurks Often Aug 2014 #10

I was thinking of total blindness KamaAina Aug 2014 #12

Driving is a privilege, not a right Lurks Often Aug 2014 #14

But it is far more essential to daily life than gun ownership KamaAina Aug 2014 #16

So is food and water and for some coffee :D Lurks Often Aug 2014 #20

You do have a point KamaAina Aug 2014 #17

I can see your point and I dislike the idea for the most part loyalsister Aug 2014 #13

Again, driving. KamaAina Aug 2014 #15

Driving hasn't been classified as a right loyalsister Aug 2014 #21

So if this is all about rights and freedoms...what about the freedoms and rights of the Rex Aug 2014 #18

What really frosts me is the RW using people with disabilities to further their cause KamaAina Aug 2014 #22

The NRA would pitch guns to zombies, if they existed. Rex Aug 2014 #23

They forgot Turbineguy Aug 2014 #26

Discriminating against people with disabilities is wrong. 4now Aug 2014 #27

So is using us to pitch RW talking points. KamaAina Aug 2014 #28

Supporting the rights of the disabled is a right wing talking point? 4now Aug 2014 #30

No, guns for everyone is a right-wing talking point. KamaAina Aug 2014 #32

According the classic definition of right wing, it's not. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #43

Mmmm-kay. Which party almost unanimously supports the NRA? KamaAina Aug 2014 #44

Neither unanimously supports it. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #46

That's several more than there are in Congress KamaAina Aug 2014 #47

Bloomberg is a high ranking example. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #52

Bloomberg left the GOP a few years ago. KamaAina Aug 2014 #54

That's news to me. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #56

"Guns for everyone" is an anti-gun strawman. beevul Aug 2014 #50

Guns for blind people IS pretty much everyone. KamaAina Aug 2014 #51

If theres an "except", then by definition, it isn't "everyone". beevul Aug 2014 #53

Actually, I can't think of anyone advocating for violent criminals' Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #59

Again, the relevant example is driving. KamaAina Aug 2014 #33

Visually impaired people are allowed to drive 4now Aug 2014 #35

Up to a certain point KamaAina Aug 2014 #37

Not the same as an arbitrary ban on sight impaired people owning guns. 4now Aug 2014 #39

Where did I say I was for an arbitrary ban? KamaAina Aug 2014 #40

They are not banned from owning cars, only operating them in public roads. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #45

Is that license required to own a motor vehicle? beevul Aug 2014 #57

It is required to register said vehicle KamaAina Aug 2014 #60

No, in most places it isn't. beevul Aug 2014 #63

Owning a gun is a right that can be taken away but not for being blind aikoaiko Aug 2014 #36

My brother who is legally blind from birth goes to a shooting range and is assisted while shooting aikoaiko Aug 2014 #29

Some people don't understand blindness 4now Aug 2014 #31

Hey! How else are they gonna crack walnuts? rock Aug 2014 #34

DUzy!! KamaAina Aug 2014 #38

is making fun of blind people really that funny? 4now Aug 2014 #48

Blind people themselves make tons of blind jokes KamaAina Aug 2014 #49

I stand corrected making fun of the disabled is great fun. 4now Aug 2014 #55

You must hate Family Guy and Farrelly Brothers movies. KamaAina Aug 2014 #61

You are free to laugh at the disabled all that you want. 4now Aug 2014 #62

One of my friends with low vision just checked in. His response: KamaAina Aug 2014 #41

Those of you eagerly supporting the right of blind people to have guns...... Paladin Aug 2014 #42

Defending civil rights for all is a core Liberal value. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #58