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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1343067" data-attributes="member: 14668">The constitution isn&#039;t enough.Just ask the law-abiding citizens of places like Chicago, New York City, San Francisco or Washington DC how well the 2nd Amendment has &quot;protected&quot; their right to own guns.That &quot;right&quot; has been literally buried beneath a mountain of &quot;reasonable, common sense&quot; restrictions, regulations, bans, fees and licensing requirements that are specifically designed by oppressive state and city governments to prevent that right from actually being exercised by the citizenry.Being a gun owner in those places is no different than being an African American voter in Alabama in 1950. You may have had a constitutional right to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, but good luck actually exercising that right. Good luck getting past the &quot;reasonable, common sense&quot; poll taxes and literacy tests that were deliberately designed to disenfranchise and deny you your rights.A &quot;Constitutional right&quot; that you cannot actually exercise is not a right at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1343067, member: 14668"] The constitution[B] isn't enough[/B]. Just ask the law-abiding citizens of places like Chicago, New York City, San Francisco or Washington DC how well the 2nd Amendment has "protected" their right to own guns. That "right" has been literally [I]buried [/I]beneath a mountain of "reasonable, common sense" restrictions, regulations, bans, fees and licensing requirements that are specifically designed by oppressive state and city governments to[I] prevent[/I] that right from actually being exercised by the citizenry. Being a gun owner in those places is no different than being an African American voter in Alabama in 1950. You may have had a [B]constitutional right [/B]to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, but good luck actually [I]exercising[/I] that right. Good luck getting past the "reasonable, common sense" poll taxes and literacy tests that were deliberately designed to disenfranchise and [I]deny[/I] you your rights. A "Constitutional right" that you cannot actually exercise is[B] not a right at all.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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