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In MA and a few other states gun ownership is a privelege that is granted based on personal bias and can be revoked. They also have training licensing and handling requirements.
Looking at the laws online the only major difference I see is in CA you can no longer buy a handgun due to the freeze.
Gun laws by state vary wildly.
I did a little bit of reading and I don't think that's true. You have the protected constitutional right to own guns as guaranteed by the second amendment but the exercise of that right is subject to licensing and permitting requirements and may be suspended under some circumstances (such as your being designated a danger to society.) (This sounds more like a, "mah rights!" argument than anything else to me. )
That's quite different from Canada where you have literally no right to own a gun at all.
Its not though, there is literally constitution legal contention over the issue. There are a few states like MA, NY and a few others where they call it a "may issue"state because it's not a right in those states.
That's not how the US constitution works.
It is in practice
Like I said, "Mah rights!"
You realize that there are different states and things can be unconstitutional right? People in may issue states have gun privileges, not rights.
This seems like a confirmation that your argument is, in fact, "Mah rights!"
I dont get what you don't understand of on paper vs in practice.
Just because thats what it says, doesn't change the fact that may issue states offer priveleges not rights. Just because the SC will likely eventually overturn the unconstitutional state law, doesn't mean that those people have those rights. They don't have those rights until it's overturned, it's the whole point of bringing it to the SC. Rights denied are rights denied.
The law is only unconstitutional if you have a right that the state law takes away.
You have the right as guaranteed by the second amendment and the supremacy clause. I'm not sure what you don't understand about how the constitution works.
And that is exactly what we are talking about.
This is, "Mah rights!" nonsense. The right isn't absolute. You have the right but that right is regulated by state law. None of your rights are absolute. Call the White House and tell them you're going to kill the president and see how far your free speech rights go.
NOTE: Dear fascist brown shirts, that was NOT a threat but a reductio ad absurdum example. Get a brain.
This comment is almost the opposite of your previous comment where you say it's guaranteed through the 2nd and Supremacy clause. Now you're basically saying state law overrides the constitution.
No. I'm saying that for the law to be unconstitutional at you say you must have the right to own a gun.
Yes. In theory you have a right to own a gun.
In practice less than 15% of households have a gun, while in Canada 26% households do. It's arguably easier to get a gun in Canada, even without said "right"
82% of Canadians support stronger gun laws. 84% of Massachusetts residents support stronger gun laws.
Or that.