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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wrong, we all do. All you have to do is go make the purchase and be armed.

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[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

Except Trump's DOJ is not blind and just, they openly serve MAGA. They will let you buy guns but if you should end up in court over a shooting, you won't win unless you're MAGA.

If a judge rules against Trump's wishes, he attacks them openly and moves to have them removed and replaced with a loyalist.

If you're in a state that sides against Trump he threatens to freeze federals funds.

It is the same for the 1st amendment and other such rights. It's how this whole debate has returned.

They want people to feel their rights are still in place so people remain obedient but the DOJ and SCOTUS have been weaponized.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

None of that stops me from exercising my rights. I don't ask permission. You shouldn't comply in advance either.

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[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Expect selective enforcement or even some kind of DHS/ICE reserve officer program as an excuse to keep MAGA voters armed.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 point 9 months ago (6 children)

The rights are inalienable, not a special privilege granted by a government.

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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

But that is exactly what rights are. Given to people by government and they can be taken away.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

You are mistaken, that is not what rights are or what the constitution says ("God-given, inalienable rights").

If you let the government take them, that's on you, but I guess it depends on how far the individual is willing to go in order to protect said rights.

If the government does something that is contrary to your rights, that's them violating the rights, but they do not have the ability to rob you of your free will: You choose your actions, words, and what you are or are not willing to risk sacrificing to foil attempts to curtail those rights.

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[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

This George Carlin quote comes to mind:

Now, if you think you do have rights, I have one last assignment for ya. Next time you're at the computer get on the Internet, go to Wikipedia. When you get to Wikipedia, in the search field for Wikipedia, i want to type in, "Japanese-Americans 1942" and you'll find out all about your precious fucking rights. Alright. You know about it.

In 1942 there were 110,000 Japanese-American citizens, in good standing, law abiding people, who were thrown into internment camps simply because their parents were born in the wrong country. That's all they did wrong. They had no right to a lawyer, no right to a fair trial, no right to a jury of their peers, no right to due process of any kind. The only right they had was...right this way! Into the internment camps.

Just when these American citizens needed their rights the most...their government took them away. and rights aren't rights if someone can take em away. They're priveledges. That's all we've ever had in this country is a bill of TEMPORARY priviledges; and if you read the news, even badly, you know the list get's shorter, and shorter, and shorter.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 point 9 months ago

I refer you to my previous post.

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[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago

Have a look at the wording in the bill of rights. "Congress shall make no law", "shall not be infringed". It's not a list of privileges granted to the people, it's a list of restrictions placed on the government.

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[–] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml -3 points 9 months ago

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

GTFO with that religious bullshit.

"rights" are an imaginary vapid concept invented by hairless apes. and if you want to maintain your "rights" then you better get the fuck up and do something about it before the powers that be strip them all away.