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06-02-2016, 08:31 AM
(06-02-2016, 07:40 AM)ssphoto Wrote: I do roll my eyes a bit when the NRA or whoever states our rights to bear arms is "God Given". I'm pretty sure that right is given to us by Man and can be taken away just as easily.
Actually, that was Jefferson, Adams, Washington, and their friends.
Further, the concept of natural rights dates back to Aristotle, and on to Cicero in Rome, who one might call the father of democracy applied.
The Christian application of God as the source of those rights of course came just before and during the middle ages. The American application of those to individuals was a rebuff to the divine right of kings which basically claimed those natural rights for the ruling class.
All in all, this is hardly, and that should be emphasized HARDLY, a precept originating from of the NRA or in any way unique to them.
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(06-02-2016, 07:40 AM)ssphoto Wrote: I do roll my eyes a bit when the NRA or whoever states our rights to bear arms is "God Given". I'm pretty sure that right is given to us by Man and can be taken away just as easily.
Actually, that was Jefferson, Adams, Washington, and their friends.
Further, the concept of natural rights dates back to Aristotle, and on to Cicero in Rome, who one might call the father of democracy applied.
The Christian application of God as the source of those rights of course came just before and during the middle ages. The American application of those to individuals was a rebuff to the divine right of kings which basically claimed those natural rights for the ruling class.
All in all, this is hardly, and that should be emphasized HARDLY, a precept originating from of the NRA or in any way unique to them.
Actually, that was Jefferson, Adams, Washington, and their friends.
Further, the concept of natural rights dates back to Aristotle, and on to Cicero in Rome, who one might call the father of democracy applied.
The Christian application of God as the source of those rights of course came just before and during the middle ages. The American application of those to individuals was a rebuff to the divine right of kings which basically claimed those natural rights for the ruling class.
All in all, this is hardly, and that should be emphasized HARDLY, a precept originating from of the NRA or in any way unique to them.