A conservative is someone who maintains that health care is not a fundamental right, but ...

[devilgrrl]

...gun ownership is.



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[slackmaster]

1. I want my free gun

:hi:

Auto-Unrec for conflating rights with entitlements.

[rfranklin]

2. It's the culture of life...

for fetuses and death to all others.

[Ron Green]

3. They reject the idea that we're all one, but embrace the idea that we're

separate from each other.

Both ideas are true, of course. They just can't deal with more than one.

[DrDan]

4. fits their hate meme

[kestrel91316]

5. WE are free to shoot people, but THEY can only receive medical care

for their gunshot wounds if they have lots of money.

Yeah, that's it.

[JoePhilly]

6. Gun ownership is in the US Constitution.

So like it or not, it is a right that the government can't take away.

[Toucano]

8. "..well regulated militia..." is in the Constitution. Bubba with a machine gun is not. n/t

[patrice]

9. 1+

[JoePhilly]

18. I'm for strict gun regulation ...

But you need to learn to read the Constitution and recognize that the Constitution does not GIVE rights, so much as it describes those rights which the government can not abridge.

Take your logic and apply it to gay marriage. Since gay marriage is not explicitly referenced (like your mythical bubba), then Gay marriage isn't a right under your logic.

[Bigmack]

15. So is "...promote the general welfare.."....

I prefer to stretch that particular part of the Constitution, rather than the "bearing arms" part.

What could be more fundamental to the general welfare than health?

[JoePhilly]

20. I agree ...

"General Welfare" should include Heath care.

That fact does not refute my point.

btw ... I am anti-gun. Don't own one, never will. Think that the rules for ownership should be much tighter.

When Scalia speaks of "strict construction" and that you have to read the Constitution as written and not bring in current day concerns (which he did to claim EO for women in not in the Constitution), I happily point out that, if we read the 2nd amendment as it was written with a mindset of the times, then individuals can own muskets and single shot pistols.

Misunderstandings of the Constitution are bad when the right does it, and when folks on DU do it.

[metapunditedgy]

7. A liberal is someone who claims health care IS a fundamental right,

then works against a robust public option.

[patrice]

11. Example please. Are you sure you're not taking all of the anonymous on the internet at face value?

[FiveGoodMen]

16. You've got your terminology wrong

What you've described is not a liberal but an Obama.

[Rocknrule]

10. Jesus' 2 greatest commandments, Republican-style

1. Hate abortion and homosexuality with all your heart and soul, for these are the only things my Father cares about
2. Thy right to bear arms shalt not be infringed

[xchrom]

12. Recommend

[svsuman23]

13. the Constitution does grant us one of your examples as a right..

[villager]

14. "Someone has a right to shoot you, you have no real right to health care when they do"

That about sums it up, all right.

[kctim]

17. It's not and the 2nd Amendment is

Are you saying millions should vote for a conservative instead of President Obama again?

[cynatnite]

19. What would this country be like if less people believed that being an American meant owning a gun. n