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NRA and OK2A work against open carry in parks and zoos.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ethan N" data-source="post: 3214578" data-attributes="member: 29267"><p>Governments cannot give or take rights. Rights are rights. They exist or they don’t. Governments can infringe rights. Governments can help secure rights. But rights themselves are, more or less, immutable. I don’t have a right to carry a firearm because the Second Amendment says I do. I, and all other people <em>in the world</em>, have a right to carry a firearm because God (or nature, if you prefer) gave us a righteous drive and prerogative for self-preservation. Self-preservation is the primary law of nature.*</p><p></p><p>Saying I should just be happy that the gains outweigh the losses is implying I should be satisfied that the State of Oklahoma isn’t infringing my rights as much as it used to. Don’t piss on my boots and tell me it’s raining. Regardless of whether this bill passes or not, there’s still a long list of ways the State of Oklahoma infringes my right to carry firearms. “Constitutional carry” only gets us halfway finished, and I won’t stop fighting for my rights and the rights of my children.</p><p></p><p>* If these ideas sound unfamiliar or controversial to anyone, you’ve fallen prey to the statist narrative that the rights of individuals are subordinate to to the common good, and I would recommend, as a start, reading John Locke’s Second Treatise.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Changed “rights are absolute,” to “rights are immutable” to avoid ambiguity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ethan N, post: 3214578, member: 29267"] Governments cannot give or take rights. Rights are rights. They exist or they don’t. Governments can infringe rights. Governments can help secure rights. But rights themselves are, more or less, immutable. I don’t have a right to carry a firearm because the Second Amendment says I do. I, and all other people [I]in the world[/I], have a right to carry a firearm because God (or nature, if you prefer) gave us a righteous drive and prerogative for self-preservation. Self-preservation is the primary law of nature.* Saying I should just be happy that the gains outweigh the losses is implying I should be satisfied that the State of Oklahoma isn’t infringing my rights as much as it used to. Don’t piss on my boots and tell me it’s raining. Regardless of whether this bill passes or not, there’s still a long list of ways the State of Oklahoma infringes my right to carry firearms. “Constitutional carry” only gets us halfway finished, and I won’t stop fighting for my rights and the rights of my children. * If these ideas sound unfamiliar or controversial to anyone, you’ve fallen prey to the statist narrative that the rights of individuals are subordinate to to the common good, and I would recommend, as a start, reading John Locke’s Second Treatise. EDIT: Changed “rights are absolute,” to “rights are immutable” to avoid ambiguity. [/QUOTE]
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