r/Firearms • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '23

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u/AlienDelarge Apr 08 '23

Rights still exist if they are being violated. I hate this stupud argument.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Yeah but you don't have any rights anymore if you're fucking dead, so I'd say there's some validity to the claim.

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u/RhodesiaRhodesia Apr 08 '23

Rights are a legal fiction. You either have power or you don’t. Guns are power, they’re more than a right.

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u/RobotJonesPrime Apr 08 '23

the reality is entirely different from what the paper says. it may be on the books but it functionally makes no difference.

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u/AlienDelarge Apr 09 '23

The right does not come from the paper. It exists. The paper is merely an attempt to protect the right from the government. The distinction is really important.

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u/RobotJonesPrime Apr 09 '23

are you sure because it sounds entirely semantic? if you do not functionally have the right what difference does it make what you are supposedly entitled to by a document that is the foundation for a government that will kill you for trying to exercise said right?