From David M. Manes of politicalcartel.com, in comments to a post proclaiming we need to "ban assault weapons" (you know, that mythical term that has no actual definition)
"Any way that we can narrowly target laws to decrease the murder rate without sacrificing too much justifiable liberty would be a good thing to do. That is why we should target weapons, not for the number of times they are used in violent crimes, but for the incremental loss in legitimate liberty that is lost when we eliminate them. In my opinion, a new, more-comprehensive, less loopeholy AWB is one of the first and best ways we can target the misuse of guns without trampling on the legitimate rights of civilians in this free country."
I never thought I'd hear someone who calls himself an American use the term "justifiable liberty." Right, because clearly one must justify their "need" to exercize their rights. He also uses the term "legitimate rights" and "legitimate liberty." Just who determines "legitimacy?" The government, which is the very entity our founders saw as a threat to individual rights? or maybe an ignorant mob, who wouldn't know what "rights" are if you beat them over the head with a copy of the Bill of Rights.
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Manes has an amazing inability to grasp facts, doesn't he? And the idea behind the Bill of Rights flies way over his head.
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