Gun rights, 'public health,' and health care

This, we were told, is necessary because "health care is a right." Well--okay, but those who make that argument seem to define "rights" rather differently than gun rights advocates tend to. To satisfy us that our gun rights are not being violated, all we tend to demand is that the government not actively interfere with them. We certainly don't demand that some entity (taxpayers) buy us guns we cannot afford on our own. Nor do many of us advocate federal prison sentences for those who refuse to exercise that right.

Perhaps that's a mistake on our part. Perhaps we could be seen as more "progressive" if we demand the coercive power of government to provide us with firepower we could not otherwise afford, and to forcibly compel those who do not wish to possess firearms to do so regardless. [More]

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