I came across this from a poster in another section of the forum re: the smoking ban in Indianapolis:
Quote:
Originally Posted by 88GT
"I don't see that you do. Or rather, I don't see regulating others' behaviors as a direct means of providing you with something as a right. I see this argument as functionally equivalent to a "right" to an education, a "right" to adequate housing, a "right" to a job.
Rights are a freedom to act. If it's a thing or a condition that you are claiming is a right, I don't think "right" is being used correctly. You have a right to breathe clean air, but only inasmuch as you should be unfettered by others and government to seek it out in a free market environment, whatever form that market takes. Just like you have a right to an education in that no one can forcefully prohibit you from taking action to getting one, but not to the point where we have to regulate their behaviors such that those regulated behaviors are what enables you to get an education."
It got me to thinking about the natural rights documented in the Second Amendment:
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'
It also got me to thinking about how a right is a right... or it is something else.
I have long been a proponent of repealing all gun laws. After all, keeping and bearing arms is a right.
What say you folks her, you "ever vigilant defenders of Liberty"?
Quote:
Originally Posted by 88GT
"I don't see that you do. Or rather, I don't see regulating others' behaviors as a direct means of providing you with something as a right. I see this argument as functionally equivalent to a "right" to an education, a "right" to adequate housing, a "right" to a job.
Rights are a freedom to act. If it's a thing or a condition that you are claiming is a right, I don't think "right" is being used correctly. You have a right to breathe clean air, but only inasmuch as you should be unfettered by others and government to seek it out in a free market environment, whatever form that market takes. Just like you have a right to an education in that no one can forcefully prohibit you from taking action to getting one, but not to the point where we have to regulate their behaviors such that those regulated behaviors are what enables you to get an education."
It got me to thinking about the natural rights documented in the Second Amendment:
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'
It also got me to thinking about how a right is a right... or it is something else.
I have long been a proponent of repealing all gun laws. After all, keeping and bearing arms is a right.
What say you folks her, you "ever vigilant defenders of Liberty"?