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Currently there are 40,000+ federal, state, county, and city statutes, rules, regulations, Executive Orders, edicts, statutes, court holdings, etc. regarding the Right to keep and bear Arms. Personally, I believe that the Right to keep and bear Arms is an unalienable Right. At the same time I have to acknowledge that the legal community (therefore the courts) do not recognize unalienable Rights. Those were preempted by the 14th Amendment and the word unalienable was removed from Blacks Law Dictionary (the most authoritative law dictionary accepted in American courts).
For a host of reasons my personal opinion is that we cannot rely on the Constitution either. It has been attacked mercilessly. We have ex post facto laws; we changed our form of government by allowing for the direct election of U.S. Senators; the courts have reduced the Right to keep and bear Arms down to a mere privilege. I'd have a long laundry list if I told you why the Constitution is no longer practical. But, I do more than complain. For example, here is a link to a proposed Charter of the Rights of Man:
The Blueprint Begins NOW | Libertarian's Forum (freeforums.net)
Unless and until we define our Rights and assert them we are doomed to be in a revolving door of legislation and fights to protect the Right to keep and bear Arms. Every so often in history it is necessary to reduce your Rights to writing and a number of dedicated people have to be willing to support the idea in both spirit and deeds.
For a host of reasons my personal opinion is that we cannot rely on the Constitution either. It has been attacked mercilessly. We have ex post facto laws; we changed our form of government by allowing for the direct election of U.S. Senators; the courts have reduced the Right to keep and bear Arms down to a mere privilege. I'd have a long laundry list if I told you why the Constitution is no longer practical. But, I do more than complain. For example, here is a link to a proposed Charter of the Rights of Man:
The Blueprint Begins NOW | Libertarian's Forum (freeforums.net)
Unless and until we define our Rights and assert them we are doomed to be in a revolving door of legislation and fights to protect the Right to keep and bear Arms. Every so often in history it is necessary to reduce your Rights to writing and a number of dedicated people have to be willing to support the idea in both spirit and deeds.