Reply #44: Since you seem to be genuinely interested in supporting your posistion...

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how do you reconcile a ban with the fact that there is a RIGHT to keep and bear arms?

Not a wish, not a desire, not a permission, a right. A right that pre-exists the Constitution.


If one accepts that the 2nd amendment guarantees a fundamental right to keep and bear arms (RKBA) then banning firearms for the purpose of violence control would be analgous to banning jury trials to reduce crime?

Violating the 4th and 5th amendments WOULD reduce crime, no doubt about that. If Police could beat a confession out of someone, deny them legal counsel, and "try" them before a judge not a jury conviction rates would be much higher.

Of course we accept that the 4th and 5th amendments protect fundamental rights thus it is verboten to consider such options to reduce crime.

So why/how can the 2nd amendment be ignored when it is convenient. If the govt can ignore the second what makes you so certain it won't "ignore" the 1st, 4th, or 5th in the future?