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jac
(5/6/2021)
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Having to renew a license to carry every 5 years is a burden. I have had a carry license since I was 18 years old, but do not have one currently because of that exact burden.
One should not have to jump through hoops or pay a fee to exercise a constitutional right. The courts have ruled that poll taxes and restrictions on voting are unconstitutional. Why should the second amendment be different?
People know that you can't shoot someone except in self defense. Many states never had a training requirement to obtain a concealed carry permit, and that has not been a problem. Nor has there been a problem in the 19 or so states that have constitutional carry.
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| Comment by:
jac
(5/6/2021)
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| This guy claims to be a friend of the second amendment, but he could have fooled me. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(5/6/2021)
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The author is a 10th Amendment troglodyte.
The 14th Amendment exists precisely to delegate to the federal government the authority to impose the Bill of Rights on the states.
Wake up, dude. The 10th Amendment still has its purpose, but as it pertains to the Bill of Rights, state power has effectively been attenuated by the constitutional process of delegating that power to the United States. It is therefore legitimate, and that's the reality. |
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| The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government. It is one of the high powers" delegated directly to the citizen, and `is excepted out of the general powers of government.' A law cannot be passed to infringe upon or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the lawmaking power." [Cockrum v. State, 24 Tex. 394, at 401-402 (1859)] |
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