Reply #24: You obviously don't understand the Bill of Rights... [View All]

[Irreverend IX]

You seem to be making the argument that people who are allowed to keep and bear arms can kill others, which "takes all their other rights away." But the BoR does not govern the actions of private citizens. The BoR doesn't give rights to the people, it restricts the power of the government. Each amendment forbids the government from violating a right of the people.

Your logic is much the same as that of people who complain that DU "violates their 1st amendment rights" by prohibiting the promotion of Republicans. DU can restrict speech however it wants, because it isn't the government. Constitutional rights do not protect citizens from the actions of other citizens; there are a plethora of other laws to do that. There is no constitutional basis for treating the 2A differently from other amendments.