Mortdooley wrote on Aug 2
nd, 2015 at 11:46pm:
Citizens do not ask permission from their servants in government if they can protect themselves. No license required or needed for the honest adult to buy a firearm.
That is so spot on true Mort.
Here in Australia most people can't comprehend that principal. That people are the center & core of government, not the elected (hired) government, paid to serve the wants & needs of the people, & not to dictate or assign to the People.
Here they can't seem to grasp the "all power flows down from the people to the government" in America, & as outlined in the Peoples Document.....the United States Constitution which starts with
"We the People....."

So, when it comes down to Rights, the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution dictates from the People to the Government how it must serve the People, what it must do for the People & how, & what it is expressly forbidden to do regarding the People.
Here in Australia Mort, all power flows down from the Government to the People, exactly opposite from America.
When it comes down to gun rights & responsibilities in America, that rests with the People.
Here in Australia the Government dictates what can & can't be done with firearms, & who can & can't have firearms as the rule rather than as an exception.......as opposed to America, where the Second Amendment is every American Citizen's (excluding a disqualified few) only necessary License to Keep & Bear arms.
Australians for the most part can't get their heads around that fact, simply because it's a type of freedom they've never truly had, & so they aren't familiar with the principal. The Australian government tells the Australian People what they don't need or want, so except for a small minority, they then believe what they are told not to need or want.
In America Gun ownership is an individual
Right, where as here in Australia it is a granted
Privilege administered & controlled completely by the government.