Now that I have your attention, here's the only type of gun ban I may support.
http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/10/a_gun_ban_america_needs.php
http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/10/a_gun_ban_america_needs.php
Phoenix, AZ - Three high-ranking Mexican police officers were arrested on allegations of buying weapons and ammunition at a gun show in Phoenix in violation of a law barring noncitizens from purchasing firearms
YES!!!1 ^^...Liberty by definition means that unsavory people will get the same rights that you do. It's worth it every time.
You're right, our Constitution has no authority over another sovereign nation. That doesn't mean that our Constitution loses authority over our government while other foreign nationals are in our nation. To follow that line of thought is a slippery slope into authoritarianism.Janq (and others) - I fully understand that the rights enumerated in the Constitution and especially in the BOR are inherent to the people (all people), and are included in that document (primarily) to ensure that no government infringes upon them. However, we recognize the sovereignty of other nations, who have other laws. Just as I cannot exercise freedom of speech in Beijing, or freedom of religion in Tehran, we cannot cover the world with the blanket of our Constitution. Do I wish it were otherwise, and that every nation on earth had a document (that was listened to, at least most of the time) protecting what you and I understand to be inalienable rights? Certainly. But they don’t, and we can’t make them.
'Is reasonably believed to be engaged in terrorist activities'? And how undefinable, how vague is not 'terrorist activity'?or is reasonably believed to be engaged or about to engage in international terrorist or international narcotics activities, shall have the right to possess, transfer, keep, hold, or train with any form make and model of firearm.”
I assume you are against prisons or the death penalty then. By this logic, the most absolute basic right (to live) cannot be taken away by the state no matter how undesireable (how many murders and other crimes they may have committed) a person may be.I absolutely agree with Janq.
The rights enumerated in the Constitution are inherent in all human beings, no matter how unpopular or undesirable they are.