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In reply to the discussion: If a CCW applicant has to take classes and pass tests... [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)14. struggle between individual rights and public safety
That is why I agree with the founders who got their ideas from Enlightenment thinkers and writers like John Locke.
There are only individual rights. There are no group rights, such as public safety. When Canada was working on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, law enforcement opposed the prohibition on warrant-less searches because it was "a threat to public safety".
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I vote yes, and add that LEOs should have to pass constitutional literacy tests.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#1
And do you think the legislators all know how to fly planes and how they work?
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#8
Maybe it's like the Manhattan Project and the decision to bomb Hiroshima
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#20
Antigun types tend to not know what they're talking about and/or embrace ignorance
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#18
See? There ya go being confrontational. Lacing your reply with commentary insulting to
flamin lib
Aug 2014
#25
Your post #25 has three problems: 1)I insulted no one- the groups mentioned are...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#62
No, they don't say no one should have guns. You are parroting the NRA which you
flamin lib
Aug 2014
#69
As long as those owners are pre-approved by TPTB, and use only 19th C. technology
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#71
The jibes of the politically ineffectual are more amusing than stinging
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#78
Will you also be willing to apply this system to other dangerous rights, or equipment?
oneshooter
Aug 2014
#89