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In reply to the discussion: No right is absolute [View all]AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)It is a natural right, not a right conveyed by the adoption of the Second Amendment nor a right limited by the Second Amendment.
You said, "No right is absolute." My post is in response to that, not to another issue that your raised with respect to background checks at gun shows in certain states which do not currently require such checks. Many posters in other threads interpret the Second Amendment as creating a right and limiting such right to service in a militia. Why doing so, they show that they are unaware of the holding in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) in which the Court held that "the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home."
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf