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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1357767" data-attributes="member: 14668">I am not drawing a moral comparison between gun rights and civil rights for black Americans. The historic oppression of black Americans is, obviously, by far the greater evil.I am merely drawing a comparison between the tactics being used to deny Americans their 2nd Amendment rights today and those that were used to deny Americans their 15th Amendment rights years ago.I am merely pointing out that those in power have historically had the ability, through &quot;reasonable&quot; and &quot;common sense&quot; restrictions, to arbitrarily deny Constitutional rights to their citizens.I am merely pointing out that the Constitution is not self enforcing, and that the fact that it may enumerate a right on paper does not mean that we the people are always free to exercise that right in real life.I am merely pointing out that we cannot always count on the Supreme Court to uphold and enforce our Constitutional rights against those in power who would deny them to us.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1357767, member: 14668"] I am not drawing a [B]moral [/B]comparison between gun rights and civil rights for black Americans. The historic oppression of black Americans is, obviously, by far the greater evil. I am merely drawing a comparison between the [B][I]tactics[/I][/B] being used to deny Americans their 2nd Amendment rights today and those that were used to deny Americans their 15th Amendment rights years ago. I am merely pointing out that those in power have historically had the ability, through "reasonable" and "common sense" restrictions, to arbitrarily [I]deny[/I] Constitutional rights to their citizens. I am merely pointing out that the Constitution is not [B]self enforcing, [/B]and that the fact that it may enumerate a right [I]on paper[/I] does not mean that we the people are always free to exercise that right in [I]real life. [/I] I am merely pointing out that we cannot always count on the Supreme Court to uphold and enforce our Constitutional rights against those in power who would deny them to us. [/QUOTE]

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