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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments in the Constitution, spells out Americans’ rights in relation to their government.

[b]So the 2nd amendment refers to the rights of the individual.[/b]   The framers understood that not everyone might understand the concept of the people having rights so they reiterated it in the 9th amendment because it would be impossible to enumerate every right.

9th amendment states - The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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The modern right wing in the US has re-interpreted the Second Amendment to mean unfettered access to guns, but traditional conservative jurists disagreed with that read and have called out the judicial activism of the last 20 years on this topic that has led the the gun hellscape we are living in now.

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Interesting, at the Federal and state level laws placing restrictions on gun ownership and the ability to carry those arms has greatly increased over the past 20 years. 
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So unless the guns are acting on their own, the reason we are living in a “gun hellscape”  would more likely be the lack of appropriate mental health care. [/b]

Perhaps focusing on the root cause of the violence, including violence where guns are used, would make society better.  Isn’t that your actual goal?[/quote]

So where are the GOP bills supporting more money for mental health care?
I have seen it from the Dems, but the GOP vote against all the time. [/quote]

GOP doesn't even want to pay for the mental health care we have now. They'd rather trigger a debt ceiling rather than pay for the mental health care already authorized; let alone pay for more. [/quote]

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