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In reply to the discussion: Illinois: Phelps files to override Quinn's amendatory veto of concealed carry bill. [View all]ExCop-LawStudent
(147 posts)16. It's not the only right that matters
I don't care about abortion, but that is because I'm male and it doesn't affect me.
I care deeply about the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments.
I don't care about the Third because I don't see troops being quartered in people's homes, and the Ninth & Tenth are catch-alls.
The Second Amendment protects your right to live. It gives you a choice. You can choose to protect yourself and your family or you can depend on others to do that. What you actually want is for people to give up that right and depend on luck.
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Illinois: Phelps files to override Quinn's amendatory veto of concealed carry bill. [View all]
ExCop-LawStudent
Jul 2013
OP
Nice to see a Democrat taking the lead here on behalf of IL citizens' rights. n/t
appal_jack
Jul 2013
#2
"People here...insist the right to guns trumps every other right." No, they don't.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#36
Until some *human* uses one to harm another, guns just sit there doing nothing.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#50
Looks like *someone* is conflating 'number' with 'rate'- and throwing in an associational fallacy...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#65
"There are over 506 documented cases of CCW holders killing someone" Which proves they're...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#53