Show them your gun and tell them to get the fuck off your lawn!
The correct response
Show them your gun and tell them to get the fuck off your lawn!
The correct response
An easier response would be to ask them if they've reviewed the Heller decision. You'll likely get a blank stare. Once they've admitted they haven't read it, tell them you'd be happy to continue the discussion once they have.
Curate your response to however you see fit.
I feel extremely ignorant because I wasn't even aware of this case to begin with.
I feel extremely ignorant because I wasn't even aware of this case to begin with.
Heller was all over the news. I only meant that my response was easier because you don't need to have the link handy to show anyone.
I used to carry around a copy of the Constitution to hand to people who claimed something was 'unconstitutional' but gave up. Now I just ask them to point to the specific article they're referring to.
In 2008 I wasn't particularly worried about politics. I must have missed it on the news. Hence, my ignorance of the matter.
But, yes. I agree your response would be easier to use in conversation.
As a white, land owning, able bodied man, born in one of the states comprising the United States of America. I have no problem with this.
Ask them in which other Amendment/s are The People NOT the citizen/s but some other 'group' formed by Gov. Then ask which other Amendment has 'Shall Not be Infringed'.
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