Excellent reasoning. --Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clayton E. Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:49 AM Subject: Re: discussion: is gun registration unconstitutional?
> Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The best way to answer that is to accept the libertarian presumption of the > > Founders that if there was any reasonable doubt concerning whether a power > > had been delegated, or, equivalently, whether an individual has an immunity, > > or right against the affirmative action of government, the decision must > > always be made against the power and in favor of the immunity. The refrain > > should be, "quo warranto", and that should seek an unbroken logical chain of > > authority from the applicable constitution, either from a provision of it or > > a lack thereof. > > I'm not sure that I see a libertarian presumption on the part of > the Founders. This is one of the great disputes about this > period: should the civic republicanism sentiment or the > individualist/libertarian sentiment be regarded as the presumption? > I see a lot more civic republicanism in play than libertarian > sentiment. There's certainly some presumption in support of > free markets, but they aren't rigidly in that direction. There > is a definite move towards more freedom than under British > colonial rule, but that's not libertarian in the modern sense of > the word. > > Clayton E. Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.claytoncramer.com > Being a citizen of the Republic is not a spectator sport. >
