08-21-2019, 09:14 AM
(08-20-2019, 10:49 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Constitutional rights aren't negotiable. Especially as universal background checks would not have stopped one mass shooter on record as almost every single one of them acquired their firearm legally. Here's a test of how much people really want universal background checks. How about we sign them into law along with repealing the NFA and outlawing any future ban by weapon type for the next 100 years? Acceptable?
They absolutely are. None of our civil liberties are without limits. That is one of the constants of our government since its founding, that the balance between civil liberties and public welfare is a never ending struggle.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
