Haha, funny. You know how to block people on Kinja? Tell me, though, if you believe in God, does that make you a slave to God? If so, how is that different from the slavery you ascribe to Hobbes?

Well, you did say that the negative aspects were minimal and you essentially dismissed them altogether. That's still more than what I've said about guns in the negative.

"You've degraded into a really stupid spam-bot, sonny." That's classic! Do you not see the irony or is it intentional?

Uhuh. You've probably never touched a gun in your life. I doubt that you're even an American citizen.

Robb, OK, I get it. Your comments are satirical in nature. I had suspected as much from the beginning, but I engaged you just in case you were serious. You are doing a good job satirizing gun rights supporters and you have made your point about their mindset.

1. I have said nothing of the sort and I believe that you are misunderstanding what Hobbes wrote. You are clearly an anarchist, so your rejection of Social Contract Theory is understandable, but the use of the word "slave" is a bit much, even for an anarchist.

Everyone is a jerk until they learn that they can't get away with it. For attractive people, that may take a lifetime or two.

"Was I ever alive?" he wondered.

And I (along with Hobbes) am saying that "liberty" and "freedom of choice" are normative ideals and not inherent rights—that the idea of inherent, or natural, rights (more along the lines of Locke) is false.

The Bechdel test is not intended as a measure of a movie's feminism. Rather, it is meant to shed light on the prominence that is afforded to women in the stories of movies. Passing the test does not necessarily make a movie "feminist" and failing does not necessarily make it "misogynistic."

While you're at it, look up "begging the question" (hint: it doesn't mean what you think it means).

Before you dismiss Hobbes entirely, I do think that you should look up, in a dictionary, what the word "normative" means.

I prefer to think of it as, "Even if I have something to hide, what is the NSA gonna do about it?" C'mon NSA, I dare you!

If there is a fire, then it's a Catch-22 and you're screwed either way.

I fail to see how the right to bear arms can be God-Given, as arms are the creation of man. However, as a Social Contract theorist in the vein of Hobbes, I feel that all rights are normative in nature.

And that is exactly why the interpretation of the Constitution is left to the Courts, who are categorically not the people who hold power. The Courts do not make their decisions lightly (or quickly, for that matter).

And what was the 18th Amendment?

But if free speech does not extend to shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater, why should the Second Amendment extend to something as simple as a licensing process or registry for firearms? The 14th Amendment ensures the right to vote, but you are still required to register to vote. I do not reject gun rights, but I…

I think that the people who are opposed to NSA spying tend to frame the issue as a "human right" rather than as a "Constitutional right." However, even if the issue is framed as a matter of Constitutional rights, there are limits on even the First and Fourth Amendments. The Courts have maintained that you do not have…

Then answer my hypothetical question about the abortion amendment.