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Originally Posted by Daseal
Those are the exact people I don't want to have guns. Gun ownership is not a right, a right is something that cannot be taken away -- guns are a privilege. Otherwise everyone regardless of felon status or mental health status would have the right to own one. If you're not willing to submit to a background check, the punishment should be steep.
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I'm all for background checks.....in todays modern society it has become necessary.
But you're wrong about the privelege part.
Its a right.
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States
Bill of Rights that protects
the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the
Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court of the United States first ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment protects an
individual right to possess and carry firearms.