Gun Control & RKBA

Nuclear Unicorn

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5. Hear! Hear!

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:32 PM

Feb 2016

The government has no authority save what the people bestow upon it. The people can only bestow that which is naturally their own. The government cannot overtake the natural rights and powers of the people with any legitimacy because then the abstraction of its authorities would presume to trump its source.

The creature cannot be greater than its creator.

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Where does government authority... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 OP

"...establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense..." JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #1

Acknowledged :) discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #2

The actual authority? Based on that paper, it's "We the People". JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #3

I get that discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #4

Hear! Hear! Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #5

Absolutely! discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #6

You devil you. :-) NT pablo_marmol Feb 2016 #7

Very solid course of reasoning. Oneka Feb 2016 #8

It is a guiding principle of mine... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #9

"Analogously second amendment rights make each person a unit of the militia; jmg257 Feb 2016 #12

I suppose I should have written: discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #13

Ha - sounds good! Yes - the secured right to keeping arms, the jmg257 Feb 2016 #14

re: "...allowing police powers above and beyond..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #10

Excellent! discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #11