That's the problem. People think that a right can be denied through simple legislative action. We have bought into this and it is coming home to roost. The Second Amendment does not say anything about a person who has been convicted is no longer covered under this right.
Up until the late nineteenth century it was customary, when people were let out of prison, to give them their property they had when they were incarcerated. This would include their rig, revolver, ammo, etc. At some point, this stopped.
If this was the case up to that point; how can it be stated that it was intended for those who were convicted of a crime to be denied this right if those so convicted were availed of that right all along?
Legislative fiat does not a Constitutional Amendment make.
As long as we are willing to believe that rights enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights can be negated with a simple majority vote, we are all lost.
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Gun Control: The proposition that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own panty hose, is more acceptable than allowing that same woman to defend herself with a firearm.
[This message has been edited by jimpeel (edited January 30, 2000).]