I have a question that I can’t seem to get a decent answer to.
If an illegal alien enjoys the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Amendment protections, do they not also enjoy the 2nd?
If so, can we reasonably imagine the FF agreeing to an armed alien populace, who, for all intents and purposes, invaded without overt force?
Some argue that the right to be armed is in absolute inalienable right, for EVERYONE, but how can that really be true?
An illegal alien enjoys only the rights the state chooses to grant him. However, federal law restricts illegals from any Second Amendment rights. The buyer and the seller both risk criminal prosecution in those cases.
American citizens have those rights inherently, and legal aliens have them by statute. In either case, the rights can only be abridged by conviction of some crime that carries "suspension of rights" while the punishment is still in effect.
That's how it's supposed to work, on paper. With The One, it all depends on someone's whim.
>If so, can we reasonably imagine the FF agreeing to an armed alien populace, who, for all intents and purposes, invaded without overt force?
Ah, and therein you hit the nail on the head: they are legitimately termed invaders and therefore martial-force may (and arguably must; see US Constitution Art 4, Sec 4) be used against them.
i realize they do, for political reasons, but i believe yer question is based on an improper starting point...