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NutmegYankee

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8. It falls under keep, which means own and possess.

Reply to Night Watchman (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 06:19 AM

Jun 2016

It's the primary definition of the word: have or retain possession of.

If you keep chickens, you own them as property for instance.

As an interesting note, the right to own property also isn't in the Constitution, though it is protected by the 9th Amendment. The only stuff about property are limitations on the Government taking it (like 5th, 14th).

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If Guns are Such a Gawd-Given Right, [View all] Night Watchman Jun 2016 OP

Good question n/t JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #1

Like property, it's a right to own. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #2

"Own"? Night Watchman Jun 2016 #5

It falls under keep, which means own and possess. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #8

There is no mention of owning printing presses either... anoNY42 Jun 2016 #9

Your premise is wrong. Otherwise many other things would have to be free as well. DetlefK Jun 2016 #3

And Socialist Societies are Bad Because..... Night Watchman Jun 2016 #4

Because they give too much preference to the public over the individual. DetlefK Jun 2016 #7

For the same reason you can publish a newspaper, but they don't buy you a printing press Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #6

Maybe you're right, maybe uncle sam should provide each of us a M4 for civil defense. ileus Jun 2016 #10