The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - origin of the "right to keep and bear arms"

Blackhawk · August 21, 2002, 12:36 AM

Problem with that is that the RKBA is unalienable and the 2A & 14A merely enjoin government from infringing that right. That the English codified a natural right is wonderful, but it's a far different and inferior thing from recognizing that a person has a natural right to protect himself however and with whatever means he sees fit.

You see, whatever is codified into law can also be codified right back out of law.

August 21, 2002, 12:36 AM	#3
Blackhawk Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2001 Posts: 5,040	agricola, Problem with that is that the RKBA is unalienable and the 2A & 14A merely enjoin government from infringing that right. That the English codified a natural right is wonderful, but it's a far different and inferior thing from recognizing that a person has a natural right to protect himself however and with whatever means he sees fit. You see, whatever is codified into law can also be codified right back out of law.