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It doesn't matter what was written down on a piece of paper and called a constitution all those years ago, that was just a guidline, if the majority of people in the US decided that we don't have the right to bear arms then we won't have the right to bear arms. It's more complicated then that obviously but in the end majority does rule and it doesn't matter if you feel your right or not.
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Cam, you seem unable to grasp the concept that people are born with rights. We don't get those rights from the government or from other people in our country. We're born with them and they can't be taken away from us or even given away. There are certain areas where the majority has no authority over individuals. And it absolutely matters what is written on the constitution and it's more than a "guideline". Laws aren't guidelines or the government wouldn't arrest people when they broke the law. The constitution is the highest law in the land and can't be crossed or none of our government is worth a thing. It's the foundation of our government and our law and if you mess with it, everything crashes around us.
One of the rights we're all born with is the right to live. And if we have a right to life, we have a right to defend that life any way we see fit and that includes the right to keep and bear arms even if every single person in America other than myself voted to eliminate gun ownership, it would still be my right and the law would be unconstitutional and illegal.
There are some areas where the majority doesn't rule and has no power. The people in America don't support income taxes. It's a far stretch of the imagination to suggest they do simply because they choose to do it out of the fear of going to jail. It would be like me putting a gun to your head and robbing you and saying, "He wanted to give me the money."