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HuffPo Blogger: Using Guns in Self-Defense Is Unjust, Ought to Be Illegal
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Blogger Justin Curmi actually begins with a fairly conservative view of the Second Amendment, saying, “There is no doubt that people do have the right to carry and have a stockpile of guns (“the right of the people to keep and bear arms”) and a state has the right to organize a well-regulated Militia.” But, despite having the right to have arms, he goes on to say they shouldn’t have the right to use them in self-defense.
“The main problem with the notion of self-defense is it imposes on justice, for everyone has the right for a fair trial,” he argues. “Therefore, using a firearm to defend oneself is not legal because if the attacker is killed, he or she is devoid of his or her rights.” |
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jac
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| PO S liberal. By his logic, it is better for the miscreant to be tried for murder than for you to shoot him in defense of your life. |
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