tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837901219583668417.post6764092936695767635..comments2023-11-03T10:17:23.247-05:00Comments on Rhetoric Race and Religion: Guns, A God Given Right?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837901219583668417.post-30631523798084527702012-07-26T10:21:30.194-05:002012-07-26T10:21:30.194-05:00I wasn't arguing against gun rights, just agai...I wasn't arguing against gun rights, just against calling it a "God given right." So you will argue that guns are a God given right as an extension of the right to life, yet it's not an exercise of reason for me to argue medicine as an extension of the right to life? Especially, when medicine keeps people alive, and guns don't. I am aware that medicine is a product, as is a weapon.Blamegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689375706840653681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837901219583668417.post-78657723709826875352012-07-25T16:52:37.776-05:002012-07-25T16:52:37.776-05:00The inalienable rights granted by God (according t...The inalienable rights granted by God (according to America's forefathers) are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness- there are others, but these cited specifically. The right to bear arms is a "fundamental" right, and may not technically be a God-given right. However, there can be an argument made that the right to defend one's life from assailants or to defend one's liberty against tyranny require weapons of a specific potency, and therefore the fundamental right of Americans to "bear arms" indeed intersects with what could be considered God-given rights. This is logic- not silliness. To discount this reasoning requires an ideological leap of faith away from our fundamental rights. Which you are free to do, of course, but the argument against gun rights cannot be made within the framework of foundational intent, as you have tried to do here. Sorry, Giovanni, this seems less an exercise of reason and more a profession of ideological belief, evidenced by your claim that medicine is a human right. Logic dictates that medicine is a "product" and healthcare is a "service." Your political faith in progressive ideals supplant the religious faith of those who believe in more traditional notions of fundamental or "God-given" rights. That's all.The Political Palaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802688894578033192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837901219583668417.post-29445566143955111622012-07-25T09:54:44.628-05:002012-07-25T09:54:44.628-05:00God gives no right to homicidal weapons. You are S...God gives no right to homicidal weapons. You are SO on the money, my dear friend!Brian Meadowshttp://nopartyline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com