[Serious] The revolution was successful! The old government is gone. You get to help write the new Constitution. What do you put into it?

pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 158 points –
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A universal right to purchase, own, sell and (if applicable) conceal carry any weapon that is allowed to be used by the nation's military, without any kind of permit or registration. Also, explicitly prohibit military conscription and legally equate it to slavery.

I have to vastly disagree with this. The argument hat a gun is a necessity is disingenuous at best.

I love my guns, but too many fuckwads treat it like a toy or some sort of social justice equalizer. It has been proven to me time and again that we cant trust people with unfettered access to fire arms.

Y'all can't even have political discourse without being violent. So nope, you don't deserve to have the right to bear arms. (I mean "you" collectively and include myself in this hypothetical).

You are not supposed to operate a car without a license but somehow, trying to regulate guns is big brother trying to take away muh freedoms.

It just doesn't stand up to actual critical thought.

Y'all can't even have political discourse without being violent. take away muh freedoms

I understand why my message might suggest that I am American, but I am, in fact, not. I won't go into details to avoid doxxing myself, but I live in a country with strict gun laws, and, in long term, the lack of civilian firearm ownership has proven to have much worse consequences than the opposite.

To add to my original comment, I believe that "without any kind of permit or registration" should be explicitly stated in every article that guarantees some kind of right, as the lack of such statement often leads to slow erosion of the right, starting with the requirement of declaration, and then permission, which then gets more and more difficult to obtain (example: the right to public protest in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)

lol. You have the chance to change something and your idea is: "Hey we need more shootings. Not enough children and other people get shot. Let's increase the number"

Addendum: With a lottery allocation of ammunition. Each year, one lucky citizen recieves 1 bullet in the mail and can decide to whatever they want with it!