Curious George
Veteran Member
No. I am saying that I should no more regulate @Revoltingest 's guns than I should your thoughts.I am not sure I understand. You do not think you have a right to involve yourself in supporting, modifying or rejecting the very laws that 'we the people' enacted as the basis for our government?
I certainly did not assume you were suggesting arbitrary rejection of existing law.I thought I should add that I am not talking about the indiscriminate, arbitrary rejection of existing laws by any random individual out of dislike for a particular law or laws. Nothing like deciding that one does not like the laws on murder and one is going to do it anyway in defiance of the law. I am talking about being actively engaged as a citizen in working towards the legitimate establishment, modification or rejection of a law through established and legal means.
This is where we part ways. That this is difficult to achieve does not make falling short any less unacceptable when we are discussing fundamental rights.I agree that regulations should be for compelling reasons and designed to address those reasons justly, specifically and with as few unintended consequences as possible. That ideal is laudable, but as a rule, difficult to achieve.
I am not sure if I like the word scope here could you elaborate on whether you are using scope to refer to what the regulation is intended to affect or if you are using scope to refer to who is affected by the regulation.I suppose it would depend on the scope of the regulation.
That would ve a separate discussion entirely, unless you hold that murder is a fundamental right.Regulations against killing each other are going to be broad, but constrained internally by definitions for what qualifies as murder, manslaughter, negligence, accident or self defense and the ability to argue based on the evidence, the scope of the law and the definitions contained within the law.
Again irrelevant.On the other hand, laws governing occupational safety would not usually be applied to private individuals that are not engaged in the manufacture and distribution of goods. Now I am wondering if the scope of those laws can be applied to the illegal drug trade. Perhaps. We need a lawyer to weigh in on this discussion and all the sidebars.