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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1220457" data-attributes="member: 14668">bbsam,Imagine if the DMV were staffed by people who thought cars were evil and no one should ever be allowed to drive them.Imagine if the requirements and fees for obtaining a drivers license were established by politicians who were dedicated to the idea that only the police should be allowed to drive cars.Imagine if your &quot;right&quot; to drive a car could be arbitrarily denied by some unaccountable bureacrat, or subject to so many restrictions and limitations and fees that actually obtaining a drivers license would be for all practical purposes impossible unless you were wealthy or politically well connected.Philosophically speaking...I dont necessarily have a problem with the idea that gun ownership ought to carry with it a requirement for some sort of training or licensure. However....when politicians like Michael Bloomberg and Diane Feinstein have spent millions of dollars and made it their lifes work to deny their subjects the right to own guns or even buy 32 ounce soft drinks, I have a real problem with the idea that any government that they are involved in should have a role in determining the manner in which my Second Amendment rights may be excercised. To put it in terms that might hit a bit closer to home...as an African American man, how would you feel if the Supreme Court that was responsible for ruling on civil rights issues that directly affected you had 5 Ku Klux Klan members as a voting majority?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1220457, member: 14668"] bbsam, Imagine if the DMV were staffed by people who thought cars were evil and no one should ever be allowed to drive them. Imagine if the requirements and fees for obtaining a drivers license were established by politicians who were dedicated to the idea that [I]only the police[/I] should be allowed to drive cars. Imagine if your "right" to drive a car could be arbitrarily [I]denied [/I]by some unaccountable bureacrat, or subject to so many restrictions and limitations and fees that actually [I]obtaining[/I] a drivers license would be for all practical purposes impossible unless you were wealthy or politically well connected. Philosophically speaking...I dont necessarily have a problem with the idea that gun ownership ought to carry with it a requirement for some sort of training or licensure. However....when politicians like Michael Bloomberg and Diane Feinstein have spent millions of dollars and made it their lifes work to [I]deny[/I] their subjects the right to own guns [I]or even buy 32 ounce soft drinks[/I], I have a [I]real[/I] problem with the idea that [I]any[/I] government that they are involved in should have a role in determining the manner in which [I]my[/I] Second Amendment rights may be excercised. To put it in terms that might hit a bit closer to home...as an African American man, how would [I]you[/I] feel if the Supreme Court that was responsible for ruling on civil rights issues that directly affected you had 5 Ku Klux Klan members as a voting majority? [/QUOTE]

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