chikenwing
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I agree, that's not the real point of the amendment. IMO, it's the use of the word "people", i.e. guns can't be banned outright, because that would be a violation of the rights of "the people". Controls can be put in place, however, because the word "person", as found in other amendments, is not used and is, therefore, not an individual right.
So freedom of speech is not an individual right?
The old people vs person argument,its a false one but used a lot.
You can't take a persons rights and expect the people to enjoy more rights than the person.
Its all about each person one at a time,empowered equally enabling the people to be a free people.
People can loss some rights as a result of their actions. But we start with a clean slate.