However, this is ONLY true if the training and licensing are 100% free-- unlike driving, this is a Constitutional right, thus you cannot put barriers in the way of anyone who wants to take advantage of that right, If you use this argument then... You cannot purchase a weapon Should all guns be free?
Personally I am of the belief that the Constitution gives you the Right to own a musket, not a semi or automatic rifle.
It's possible to ignore what 18th century lawmakers and politicians actually said on the subject, but then one is and remains quite literally ignorant of the subject.
It can be unsettling. Facts are pesky things that won't do as they're told. Most inconvenient sometimes.
The problem with that interpretation is that it would imply that you should do this for the rest of the Constitution, meaning that, for instance, methods of communication not known in the days of the Founders (like this one) are not covered by the First Amendment.
Insofar as guns being free, they weren't in the Founders' day, and the Constitution says "keep and bear" not "obtain", so no. Although it would probably apply if, for instance, someone tried to enact a tax that made all firearms prohibitively expensive.
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If you use this argument then...
You cannot purchase a weapon
Should all guns be free?
Personally I am of the belief that the Constitution gives you the Right to own a musket, not a semi or automatic rifle.
Re: Musket
Is that the word used? Do you see it there?
It's possible to ignore what 18th century lawmakers and politicians actually said on the subject, but then one is and remains quite literally ignorant of the subject.
It can be unsettling. Facts are pesky things that won't do as they're told. Most inconvenient sometimes.
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Insofar as guns being free, they weren't in the Founders' day, and the Constitution says "keep and bear" not "obtain", so no. Although it would probably apply if, for instance, someone tried to enact a tax that made all firearms prohibitively expensive.