>>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind-174507640.html
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>>>>>Are you suggesting that discrimination is a laughing matter? That the rights guaranteed by our Constitution should somehow be inequally doled out?
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>>>>If you're unfamiliar with the expression, you could try Googling first: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/not+know+whether+to+laugh+or+cry
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>>>>Hopefully this isn't news to you, but gun ownership is all about discrimination - deciding who to shoot vs. not to shoot. I happen to believe eyesight is a very important part of that.
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>>>When one considers applying "rights" individually or by groups then there is a legal definition of "discrimination" we are dealing with. Are the physically mute not allowed freedom of speech? Perhaps lepers should not be allowed freedom to assemble?
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>>Edge cases are very useful to illustrate issues with "rights" (sic). That's the point of my OP.
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>So we use edge cases to determine whose rights we're willing to violate? For the 2nd time today I'm reminded that we're all equal, but some are more equal than others.
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>The thing with Constitutional rights is that the Constitution itself provides a mechanism to remove those rights which society has determined should no longer exist. Until such time, they shall be upheld less we dilute all rights. See privacy, speech, property and any number of today's headlines for numerous examples of what happens when rights are diluted.

You just answered your own question. No, we don't use edge cases to determine whose rights to violate - we use them to determine rights to remove. Excellent news that the Constitution itself offers a mechanism to do so!

I suggest removing the right to bear arms, and replacing it with a licensed privilege, similar to driving.

(cue screams of outrage)

Having uncritical faith in something like the US Constitution is much like that other kind of faith, organized religion. One of the side effects is one no longer has to think. When asked if convicted felons, paranoid schizophrenics or the legally blind have the right to bear arms, one's answer is "yes".