While it’s true that religion does not always promote the good (e.g. radical islam), look at what has happened in places where religion is banned (Soviet Russia). The toll on human life taken by religious zealots is dwarfed by that taken by secular, i.e. religion-free, regimes.

Perhaps but I think the way it was meant is that the 7-11 has no reasonable cause to prohibit the sale (such as the person being drunk). Analogously, a gun shop can be held accountable for selling a gun to a person who fails a background check.

Because what people choose to do with a gun they purchase at Wal-mart isn’t Wal-mart’s responsibility.

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) clarifies that the right to own a firearm extends to the individual regardless of his status in a militia or any other association. Justice Scalia explains in the Court’s decision that the “militia” clause is a prefatory clause and does not limit the “right” clause which follows…

Betty, you have a very harsh, judgmental view of your fellow Americans. Maybe people are buying weapons for self defense. Or perhaps because they simply like the craftsmanship that goes into a fine firearm. This is like saying a person who owns a collection of cars does so because the feeling of speed is way more…

But the point about 7-11 is spot on. A gun store owner isn’t any more to blame for a shooting than a 7-11 store owner is to blame when someone gets killed by a drunk driver.

See District of Columbia v. Heller (2008). Justice Scalia explains this. In a nutshell, the “militia” clause is a prefatory clause and does not limit or circumscribe the main clause which begins with “the right of the people...” Heller clarifies that the Second Amendment protects the right of the individual to keep…

But the point about 7-11 is spot on. A gun store owner isn’t any more to blame for a shooting than a 7-11 store owner is to blame when someone gets killed by a drunk driver. Do we blame William-Sonoma when a knife used in a stabbing was bought from their store? Do we blame Ford when an islamic terrorist uses one of…

Yes, have to admit, that was good. :-)

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