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Sometimes stupid loses
"tony cooper" wrote in message news On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:39:11 -0400, "Pete Stavrakoglou" wrote: "Whisky-dave" wrote in message ... To me it just seems strange that some Americans are so concerned about the right to bear arms when they are restricted in so many other ways from driving to when they can legally have sex or drink alcohol. ? There is no Constitutional right to drive, have sex, or drink alcohol. There is a Constitutional right to bear arms. The Ninth Amendment to the Constitution provides for Unenumerated Rights. "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." For some incomprehensible reason, goofy left-wing types often seem to think that means they can invent any "right" they want to, and it automatically becomes "constitutional" by virtue of the Ninth Amendment. It just means what it says, Tony. No more and no less. During the writing of the Constitution there was some concern that enumerating certain rights in the document might be construed as meaning there weren't any rights *other* than those enumerated. That is the *only* reason for the Ninth Amendment, to make it clear that that wasn't so. |
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Sometimes stupid loses
Neil Harrington wrote:
"tony cooper" wrote in message news On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:39:11 -0400, "Pete Stavrakoglou" wrote: "Whisky-dave" wrote in message ... To me it just seems strange that some Americans are so concerned about the right to bear arms when they are restricted in so many other ways from driving to when they can legally have sex or drink alcohol. ? There is no Constitutional right to drive, have sex, or drink alcohol. There is a Constitutional right to bear arms. The Ninth Amendment to the Constitution provides for Unenumerated Rights. "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." For some incomprehensible reason, goofy left-wing types often seem to think that means they can invent any "right" they want to, and it automatically becomes "constitutional" by virtue of the Ninth Amendment. It just means what it says, Tony. No more and no less. During the writing of the Constitution there was some concern that enumerating certain rights in the document might be construed as meaning there weren't any rights *other* than those enumerated. That is the *only* reason for the Ninth Amendment, to make it clear that that wasn't so. To me, it confirms the libertarian mantra. That if it doesn't take away someone else's rights, then it should be legal. |
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