Reply #41: they have a hard time with that concept down here

[iverglas]

If it's the law, it's good. Except when they don't like it. Otherwise, no questioning the law.

Question how someone with a felony criminal conviction can be precluded by law from possessing a firearm to defend him/herself -- after all, that's one of those inalienable natural god-given inherent constitutional rights -- and you get "it's the law".

The point -- that some blanket restrictions on the exercise of this particular right seem to be acceptable to them, placing the onus on them to engage in good faith discussion of other possible blanket restrictions, i.e. "RKBA!!!" is not a reply -- is just lost on them.

My favourite is "don't you know that possession machine guns is already severely restricted by some law passed 70-something years ago??" The only thing I would say to that is: So? How come it's okay to do that with machine guns but not with handguns? Hm?

Because it's the law!!! comes the answer ...