UNiq:
Warren Burger is entitled to state anything he wants as a personal opinion to a magazine. However, he has never stated anything that refutes gun ownership while on the court. In addition, please read the full article as some of his logic was faulty and highlighted by every critic.
However, we do have a case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the court said there is an individual constitutional right to have a handgun in one’s home for self-protection. Per our current courts, it is a right.
Also I can’t help but notice you havent answered my question: suppose the constitution said ” A healthy breakfast being critical to start the day, the right of the people to eat cereal shall not be infringed”
would this guarantee the right to eat fruity pebbles?
Bring me a realistic case for a proper response.
We should compare USA to Israel, Norway, Finland, Germany, France and Denmark, all countries with heavy gun ownership, have a history of low murder rates. While Israel has standards for gun ownership, every 18 year old carries one and can still commit murder.
In addition, over 65% of gun deaths are suicide, not murder. Knives far outweigh rifle shootings. Per your argument, we should also restrict knives.
Most legal owned guns are owned by White males. However, the majority of gun homicides are committed against black people. Take Chicago as a perfect example.
Even the CDC in 2013 reported that there are over 100, 000 times guns were used for self defense, which resulted in “consistently lower injury rates among gun-using crime victims compared with victims who used other self-protective strategies.”
While it is your opinion and right to not own a gun, that is where it should remain. Liberals needs to stop infringing people’s rights by enforcing their own ideals.