Quote Originally Posted by Big D
Right to bear arms: More innocent kids get slaughtered. This happens too often already, with 10 American children getting shot dead every day.
First, could I have some proof of that statistic?
Second, I'd take issue with that theory. Would all those kids doing the killing be as ready to if they knew it was possible their target was armed?

In general, though, I find it very distasteful that kids have to be forced to do stuff, but a necessity nonetheless. My problem isn't that kids are expected to be reasonably calm and controlled in school, but more than schools often greatly overstep the boundaries (Uniforms, excessive amounts of homework, making kids get up at an unhealthily early time, and so forth.) and kids are ignored when they complain. What do kids know, right?

Quote Originally Posted by War Angel
No, those are priviledges.
I say again - no right is naturally given, and no right cannot be taken away. The right for life can be taken away by a killer, the right for respect can be taken away by someone humiliating you, the right for education can be taken away easily, etc... if you don't have enough power to defend your rights, or someone else that will do it for you (i.e, soldiers, lawyers, etc), then your 'rights' aren't worth much.
I find the opposite to be true. All rights are naturally existing, and only through an 'unnatural' (It's not the best polar dynamic, because killing is natural, but you know what I'm getting at.) means can those rights be taken away.