[KeyLargo]

Been there. Done that.

Gun Ownership Mandatory In Kennesaw, Georgia -— Crime Rate Plummets

tysk news ^ | 1997 | Baldwin

Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:29:03 PM by doug from upland

The New American magazine reminds us that March 25th marked the 16th anniversary of Kennesaw, Georgia’s ordinance requiring heads of households (with certain exceptions) to keep at least one firearm in their homes.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1818862/posts

[GonzoGOP]

Isn't the whole debate about Obamacare that government is forcing people to buy something that they don't want. Look everyone over the age of consent should have a firearm and know how to use it. It is just common sense. Just like everyone should have health insurance. But hey if you want to run the risks it is your life. Part of freedom is the freedom to do something foolish. I don't like the government telling me what to do, even when on the rare occasion it is telling me to do something that I happen to agree with.

[MichiganConservative]

While it might seem to be a good idea to force everyone to be armed, it is a violation of property rights. No man nor group of men has a right to force someone to use their property in some given way. Neither does the state. Only force or the threat of force would get compliance.

Obamacare is a violation of property rights. Obamacare is a violation of the US constitution.

All those do-gooders in the federal government that want to “fix” healthcare or health insurance cannot legally do that. They have not been granted that authority in the US Constitution. It is NOT their job.

I don’t know if the SD constitution allows the SD law. I would still be against it, because I believe property rights should not be infringed by any government.

It would do all of us on the right good to determine exactly what the philosophical foundations are for our beliefs. If we just do things because we intuitively like them, we are just like the left statists except we have different preferences.

[Yo-Yo]

No matter how good it sounds in principal, it is unconstitutional to force a citizen to purchase a private product.

Now, if they want to raise taxes, then offer a tax credit for each purchased firearm, that's another matter. That's also how they'll eventually get around the unconstitutional individual mandate in the Health Care bill.

[texmexis best]

My own belief is that for the same reason that our right to vote carries with it the responsibility to do so, the God given right to own and bear arms carries the responsibility to own your own gun and to stay current on it.