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Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

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Goobieman

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Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

Which of these things -- these exercises of a right -- should the government not be allowed to require being made public, once exercised.

Please be sure to say why.

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<options>
Owning a gun
Having a CCW permit
Having an abortion
Being a Christian
Being a Muslim
Being a Jew
Hating the government
Hating a minority group
 
Someone please add a poll
 
Goobieman said:
Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

Which of these things -- these exercises of a right -- should the government not be allowed to require being made public, once exercised.

Please be sure to say why.

<poll pending>
<options>
Owning a gun
Having a CCW permit
Having an abortion
Being a Christian
Being a Muslim
Being a Jew
Hating the government
Hating a minority group
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As long as we don't violate the right of others, YES.
 
Owning a gun
Having a CCW permit
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Choosing to own a gun and/or have a CCW permit should be governed like a driver's license for the gun owners safety and the safety of others.

Having an abortion
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If performed by a licensed doctor then the procedure should be attached to your medical history for purely medical reasons.

Being a Christian
Being a Muslim
Being a Jew
Hating the government
Hating a minority group
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None of the above needs to be publicly disclosed.
 
Gibberish said:
Choosing to own a gun and/or have a CCW permit should be governed like a driver's license for the gun owners safety and the safety of others.
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For the recrod, I am almost OK with thre requirement to have a license for a gun under the same circumstances they need a driver's license, and for none of the circumstances that they do not.

But, the question is -- should a state be allowed to have a law that requires the publication of all those that buy a gun and/or get a CCW?

If performed by a licensed doctor then the procedure should be attached to your medical history for purely medical reasons.
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But... not published. Right?
 
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Poll added.
 
Goobieman said:
Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

Which of these things -- these exercises of a right -- should the government not be allowed to require being made public, once exercised.

Please be sure to say why.

<poll pending>
<options>
Owning a gun
Having a CCW permit
Having an abortion
Being a Christian
Being a Muslim
Being a Jew
Hating the government
Hating a minority group
Click to expand...
I would think the right to privacy already covers this. Thread pointless,
 
Goobieman said:
For the recrod, I am almost OK with thre requirement to have a license for a gun under the same circumstances they need a driver's license, and for none of the circumstances that they do not.

But, the question is -- should a state be allowed to have a law that requires the publication of all those that buy a gun and/or get a CCW?
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Like a driver's license, it shouldn't be publicly available.

I have two main reasons behind gun licensing, which are similar reason for a driver's license:
  1. So the gun owner can quickly be verified by law enforcement as being legally able to own, operate, and in the case of CCW, conceal their weapon.
  2. To enforce education on the gun owner of lawful operation of their weapon.

Goobieman said:
But... not published. Right?
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Not published. Only available at the request of doctors medically treating the individual.
 
DarkWizard12 said:
I would think the right to privacy already covers this. Thread pointless,
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I would think he has the right to create this thread. Post pointless. :roll:
 
TOJ said:
I would think he has the right to create this thread. Post pointless. :roll:
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I would think I have a right to create that post.

Your post = pointless.
 
TOJ said:
Just pointing out hypocrisy. ;)
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nah, hypocrisy would be if I was judging him personally for it. I was just answering his question. Right to privacy.
 
Goobieman said:
Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

Which of these things -- these exercises of a right -- should the government not be allowed to require being made public, once exercised.

Please be sure to say why.

<poll pending>
<options>
Owning a gun
Having a CCW permit
Having an abortion
Being a Christian
Being a Muslim
Being a Jew
Hating the government
Hating a minority group
Click to expand...

I voted for everything except abortion because no where in the Constitution does it say abortion is a right. Being part of a religion or hating a particular group is part of the first amendment and owning an gun and having a concealed weapon( so the idea of having a permit for something that is a right is absurd) is part of the 2nd amendment. Rights do not come from the government so they have no business restricting or attaching strings to rights on law abiding citizens.
 
What's the purpose of this poll?

The poll question is illogical.
 
DarkWizard12 said:
I would think the right to privacy already covers this. Thread pointless,
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Not so much. Some states require that the names of CCW holders be published. There is a threat to that effect in the Breaking News section.
 
Gibberish said:
Like a driver's license, it shouldn't be publicly available.
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Thank you.

Like I said -- I am almost OK with requiring a license for a gun under the same -cirumstances- as requiring a driver's license.

[abortion] Not published.
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Thank you,
 
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Sure as hell hope that the "hate the government" list never gets made. I don't need to be on another list.

And guns should not be licensed in the least. There shouldn't even have to be CCW or open carry laws. You should naturally be able to open or conceal carry without the permission of the government.
 
I'm not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the government should not be able to publish information about people exercising these rights?
 
RightOfCenter said:
I'm not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the government should not be able to publish information about people exercising these rights?
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The question asks if the government should, as a provision of rht eexercise of that right, be able to require that the names of people who chose to exercise a right be published.
 
The better question is... why would they ever need to?
 
Goobieman said:
Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

Which of these things -- these exercises of a right -- should the government not be allowed to require being made public, once exercised.

Please be sure to say why.

<poll pending>
<options>
Owning a gun
Having a CCW permit
Having an abortion
Being a Christian
Being a Muslim
Being a Jew
Hating the government
Hating a minority group
Click to expand...

You should not have to make any of these things public! At least not in the United States......
 
Goobieman said:
Do you have the right to exercise your rights in private?

Which of these things -- these exercises of a right -- should the government not be allowed to require being made public, once exercised.

Please be sure to say why.

<poll pending>
<options>
Owning a gun
Having a CCW permit
Having an abortion
Being a Christian
Being a Muslim
Being a Jew
Hating the government
Hating a minority group
Click to expand...

It depends what you mean by "public." Of the things on your list, I do think that states should keep records of who registers guns and who they give CCW permits to, so that they can access them if there is a crime. But if you're asking if I should be able to go on the internet and find out if my neighbor owns a registered gun, the answer is no.

All of the other ones on the list aren't really the government's business at all, unless of course one's hating the government/minorities poses a security threat. And even then, it shouldn't really be made "public." I think sex offender laws are stupid for the same reason.
 
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