People should be informed that gun control was initially created to keep guns out of the hands of African Americans and native Americans.
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http://www.saf.org/lawreviews/tahmassebi1.html
From Wikipedia, this is a good definition of civil rights:
"Civil and political rights are a class of rights based upon birthright into a polity or designation otherwise of human rights. They ensure a citizen's ability to fully participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or political repression, and protect the freedom of classes of persons and individuals from unwarranted infringement into those rights by governments, private organizations, and other entities.
Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical and mental integrity, life and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as physical or mental disability, gender, religion, race, national origin, age, status as a member of the uniformed services, sexual orientation, or gender identity;[1][2][3] and individual rights such as privacy, the freedoms of thought and conscience, speech and expression, religion, the press, and movement."
The above quote is from from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights
For minorities, physically weaker citizens such as women and the elderly, owning a gun is an equalizer against more powerful members of society, members who can hurt them. Taking their RKBA is like taking away their right to be a whole person, and to be dependent on the State.
So RKBA is like a civil right and should be defended as such.
Check this out:
http://www.saf.org/lawreviews/tahmassebi1.html
From Wikipedia, this is a good definition of civil rights:
"Civil and political rights are a class of rights based upon birthright into a polity or designation otherwise of human rights. They ensure a citizen's ability to fully participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or political repression, and protect the freedom of classes of persons and individuals from unwarranted infringement into those rights by governments, private organizations, and other entities.
Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical and mental integrity, life and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as physical or mental disability, gender, religion, race, national origin, age, status as a member of the uniformed services, sexual orientation, or gender identity;[1][2][3] and individual rights such as privacy, the freedoms of thought and conscience, speech and expression, religion, the press, and movement."
The above quote is from from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights
For minorities, physically weaker citizens such as women and the elderly, owning a gun is an equalizer against more powerful members of society, members who can hurt them. Taking their RKBA is like taking away their right to be a whole person, and to be dependent on the State.
So RKBA is like a civil right and should be defended as such.
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