Panther wrote on Mar 11
th, 2023 at 2:43pm:
Boris wrote on Mar 11
th, 2023 at 2:15pm:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The actual RIGHT of The People contained in the Second Amendment, which SCOTUS found does not depend on membership in any organization......government or otherwise.....it's an Individual Right of The People.
Quote:The U.S. Supreme Court held that the "Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home."
It's actually quite comical that whenever the 2nd Amendment, or gun
rights are mentioned here, poor old Panther is triggered. (is that a pun?)
He seems to think that oversized, fancy coloured fonts somehow
adds import to his comments, when in actuality it simply makes him
look like a 6th grade schoolkid LOL. Sad really.
He also clings to the NRA/GOP myth that having a gun in the home
—purportedly for something called "self defence"—will protect homeowners.
This of course has never even been indicated with any viable statistics that
support this claim.
Quote:Most American gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves
and their loved ones, but a study published last year suggests people
who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate
than those who don’t have such weapons at home.
“We found zero evidence of any kind of protective effects” from living
in a home with a handgun, said professor David Studdert, a Stanford
University researcher who was the lead author of the Annals of Internal
Medicine study. The study followed nearly 600,000 Californians between
October 2004 and December 2016.
—The Guardian, 9 June 2022.
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