The 2nd Amendment right, like any other Constitutional right, should not be considered absolute.
For example, the right to freedom of speech does not mean that one may walk onto the floor of Congress and shout at some of the elected people there, even if they deserve it. One may not disturb by speech a public meeting, or someone else’s event (such as a religious service). One may not indulge in defamation, or false testimony. One may not perform someone else’s © work. And there are many other examples.
There are even rational restrictions on voting: by age, residence, citizenship, and criminal record.
We have a right to free practice of religion, but the religion of Moloch would not be tolerated; nor Aztec human sacrifices; nor the former Mormon practice of polygamy.
So I am quite satisfied with a sensible system of permitting the carry of concealed weapons. It would be a big step in the right direction if we had this right honored. Children should not be allowed to carry, but a citizen of age, with a clean criminal record and basic weapons knowledge, should be permitted.
Here in New Jersey, there is a system for issuing permits, but administratively, and through the courts, it has been perverted by an intentional policy of arbitrarily interpreting the law to require a “need” which probably would only be demonstrated adequately if the applicant were to show up murdered. It is an arrogant policy by the state government, and particularly by a corrupt judiciary.
Although New Jersey has no 2nd Amendment-equivalent in its state constitution, there is a very clear statement of the right to self-defense, which appears twice in Article 1, Section 1. That should strongly favor concealed carry. But what can one do with the judiciary we have, which in many cases will not support clearly written law?
True! However the religious sacrament of the Left, Abortion on demand, is not only tolerated but championed by the elites in the media and the government. Never let it be said that evil does not prosper in this World.
I agree - felons shouldn’t have carry permits, nor should
drug addicts or the mentally unstable. We don’t allow felons to vote either, which one could argue is the most basic of all rights.
Why yes, yes we do, however we don't discriminate against the dead, as they regularly re-elect democrats to congress.