07-18-2016, 01:18 PM
(07-18-2016, 01:01 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: What if it were not viewed as suspending the 2nd amendment, but declaring temporary martial law in a small sector, for public safety ?
I'm not sure if that's a feasible thing, but....
What if we need to declare martial law in the name of public safety down the road? What rights are we going to be okay with suspending temporarily? We have already seen this to some extent with the NSA. I think if you start creating loopholes to meet one specific need you open the opportunity for the next.
I actually tend to be the guy not scared of the big bad government, but I think the idea that someone can ask, and then can suspend whatever right they want is a bad idea. You can literally use public safety to justify almost anything.
