parados wrote:oralloy wrote:
The fact that we don't have the right to have it doesn't mean I can't protest if I think it is being banned.
I don't have the right to eat pizza, but I'd be up in arms if the government went and banned pizza.
Of course if you tried to say pizza can't be banned because it was protected by the 2nd amendment, everyone would think you were an idiot.
It seems you are now saying that hunting guns are not protected by the 2nd amendment. Am I understanding you correctly?
I would love to be able to claim a "right to have hunting weapons" as a Constitutional right, but I just don't see the justification for it.
The right to have militia weapons is clear from the debates of the anti-Federalists when they called for the Bill of Rights.
The right to have self-defense weapons is clear from its existence in Common Law at the time the Ninth Amendment was ratified.
I don't see a similarly clear argument for protecting hunting guns.
So, in short, the answer to your question is yes. But if I ever see a decent argument for changing my mind, I'd be delighted to do so.
