Much of what you say makes sense, and I completely agree that the real agenda of most of those in power has to do with economics. (But, as you say, that's another conversation.)
But I, and many others here, have a problem with this:
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Originally Posted by Pianoguy
I won't deny anyone the right to own guns but they need to show me they have earned that right. We don't seem to have the ability to ask anybody something as simple as that.
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Rights aren't earned. That's why they're called rights.
It is possible to
lose them, for good and sufficient reason, and with due process to ensure that there is such reason; but the default is that everyone has the same rights, until they show that they don't deserve or -- in the case of the mentally deficient, for example -- that they can't exercise them responsibly.