any “unrestricted right” is not a right.

[2A_Tom]

What an idiot.

The Salem News : Dig a little deeper on gun control issue

Paul Brink is an associate professor of political science at Gordon College in Wenham. He and his wife and their three children live in Ipswich.

Where he liva peacably with 911 on speed dial. Or like many hipocrits has a gun for home protection.

 

[DRob]

Shocking!

I'm thoroughly shocked that a college professor would take such a position!

There's not an original thought in the entire article. He's just repeating the standard BS.

 

[actaeon277]

I couldn't finish reading it. More crap.

 

[jve153]

they let this guy teach???????? oh, pol sci, makes sense. does he not realize the .gov set up a program to put battle rifles in the hands of the populace who have shown a genuine interest in them?

 

[chris46131]

As usual, what a bunch of horse s***! And there are hoardes of people out there buying into it.

Two things in particular:

1. Something has to be rugulated to be a "right"? I knew better than that in the fourth grade as i'm sure all of you did too.

2. What on earth is the relevance of how any of our closest allies handle this issue in their country. They don't base their decisions on OUR constitution.

That's all, i have to go vomit now.

 

[spitfire51]

I've read that part about rights not being rights 3 times and I still can't figure out what his actual point is.

 

[CarmelHP]

I've read that part about rights not being rights 3 times and I still can't figure out what his actual point is.

His point is he doesn't want you owning guns.

 

[TopDog]

I'm thoroughly shocked that a college professor would take such a position!

There's not an original thought in the entire article. He's just repeating the standard BS.

I read the article and had in mind points I wanted to take apart. Then I started reading the posts in the thread.

DRob;3318816 is right, there is not a original thought in the entire article. So why take apart half truths and outright BS that has already been debunked so many times on this forum? Just another Anti Gun nut job with his head up his butt. And to think this is supposedly an educated man, shameful.

 

[jgreiner]

I'm thoroughly shocked that a college professor would take such a position!

There's not an original thought in the entire article. He's just repeating the standard BS.

How about the college prof that tried forcing students to vote for Obama?

 

[actaeon277]

Reminds me of "1984", and the term "doublespeak".

 

[hacksawfg]

Just finished reading that. My head hurts. Real bad. Oh no, not AGAIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA

 

[wizard_of_ahs]

 

[Ted]

Oh yeah, because we can see that gun control has done so very much for Massachusetts.

Gun crime statistics by US state: download the data. Visualised | World news | guardian.co.uk

 

[CavMedic]

Let me be explicit: an “unrestricted right to gun ownership” is not a right. In fact, any “unrestricted right” is not a right. For rights to be genuine, for rights to be effective, for rights to be humane, for rights to be rights, they must be placed into social and political contexts — and that means regulation.
At that point, a right then becomes a privilege, and that is not what the Constitution is about. But I am crazy to think that this "Wise and Learned" Professor would understand that.

 

[Ted]

Let me be explicit: an “unrestricted right to gun ownership” is not a right. In fact, any “unrestricted right” is not a right. For rights to be genuine, for rights to be effective, for rights to be humane, for rights to be rights, they must be placed into social and political contexts — and that means regulation.
At that point, a right then becomes a privilege, and that is not what the Constitution is about. But I am crazy to think that this "Wise and Learned" Professor would understand that.

Does the right to free speech, include slander?

 

[2A_Tom]

You do lav e thbe right to lie ask any politician.

However if you spread untruths about someone with means to persue it, they also hav e the right to sue you.

The court can not prosecute you criminaly, only civily.
The general rule of ettiquit is BE CIVIL.

 

[Trading_Fool]

These people are the reason that we must teach our children in the home first. When they go to college, this is the mindset they will be presented with.

 

[Hoosier8]

From the article:

For rights to be genuine, for rights to be effective, for rights to be humane, for rights to be rights, they must be placed into social and political contexts — and that means regulation.

Rights are those things that exist before government and what you can do freely yourself as long as you do not violate someone else's rights. Regulation of rights is a violation of rights and the constitution protects our unalienable rights FROM government.

 

[beararms1776]

Since they already have unarmed officers, whos he writing this article for?