The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Are my 2nd Amendment Rights Being Violated?

azredhawk44 · January 3, 2009, 07:24 PM

Not really.

The BoR and Constitution is a contract between We the People and the Government. Government is constrained by it.

You willingly entered into a private contract with this (dispicable, immoral, misguided, commie) housing provider and signed paperwork agreeing to not keep firearms.

Hence, the violation of your rights is due to your own creation. You could have chosen to live in a "real" apartment complex instead.

Now, you can sit here and respond with a list of perceived benefits that made you choose that complex over one down the street that couldn't care less about firearms ownership....
1. Free internet access
2. Campus network VPN
3. Bus Shuttles to campus facilities
4. Reduced rent over comparable market rates
5. Some other thing

But it still wouldn't matter because you chose to live there. You were not compelled.

Unless of course you WERE compelled. Then you'd certainly be in a situation where your rights were violated and there could probably be kidnapping or blackmail or extortion charges pressed against somebody.

January 3, 2009, 07:24 PM	#2
azredhawk44 Junior member Join Date: September 28, 2005 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 6,465	Not really. The BoR and Constitution is a contract between We the People and the Government. Government is constrained by it. You willingly entered into a private contract with this (dispicable, immoral, misguided, commie) housing provider and signed paperwork agreeing to not keep firearms. Hence, the violation of your rights is due to your own creation. You could have chosen to live in a "real" apartment complex instead. Now, you can sit here and respond with a list of perceived benefits that made you choose that complex over one down the street that couldn't care less about firearms ownership.... 1. Free internet access 2. Campus network VPN 3. Bus Shuttles to campus facilities 4. Reduced rent over comparable market rates 5. Some other thing But it still wouldn't matter because you chose to live there. You were not compelled. Unless of course you WERE compelled. Then you'd certainly be in a situation where your rights were violated and there could probably be kidnapping or blackmail or extortion charges pressed against somebody.