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It is far easier for the government to justify to nine idiots in dresses the idea of taking "military-style" firepower from simple citizens than it is from "militiamen".
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Your disdain for the spirit of the Constitution and our system of government is staggering.
A merits-based parceling of rights takes us back to the 17th century, in which rights were pretty much balanced in favor of rich, white, landowning men. Everyone else got to beg for scraps. We don't live in that world any more, and thank goodness for that.
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We've had a mass school shooting, with evidence included. We have such and such info on the weapon used. Please identify the one to whom this weapon is registered.
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We already have such a tracing system in place without registration of arms at the consumer level. That's how Holmes' weapons were tracked so efficiently within hours of the Aurora shooting.
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I did suggest working trade-offs on "liberal" rights (First Amendment).
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If they're negotiable, they aren't
rights. Such a compromise would never be seriously entertained by either side. Even if one were agreed to, we'd see a situation down the road in which the restriction on 1A rights would be found unconstitutional while the 2A restriction would be left to stand. The net effect would be a loss for us, so why should we accept that?
Your thesis is poorly written, poorly argued, and I could spend all day tearing it apart.