Rath on 18 August 2009
So do you think that the government should never take away the right to abortion then? Because that is also a civil liberty.
Not all civil liberties are equal, things like gun rights, abortion and even same-sex marriage are on a lower teir than life, freedom of speech or freedom of conscience. In my opinion the right to bear arms hugely contravines the right to security - which I consider a far more important civil liberty.
In any case, nobody here is arguing that guns should just 'be taken away', just that they should be limited in what you are allowed and should be kept at home when not being actively used.
