it is every americans right to posses fire arms, therefore?

Question

it surely is north koreas right, as a sovereign country to posses rocket missiles?

Answer 1

The real question is why the hell is america aloud to have Wepons of Mass Dystrction, we have all seen who has the button to press and i wouldnt trust him with a can opener.

now as for korea, what is wrong with them having missiles, as far as i know they havent used them on anyone yet, but what gives america the right to say who can have wepons and who else cant? its pretty stupid.

Answer 2

Americans seem to feel that it is their constitutional right to bare arms . The drafters of the constitution were in a battle to free themselves from the British Monarchy and Americans stop reading that line at that point. The full line reads the right to bare arms in a militia, also that was over 200 years ago. When I see 90 year old politicans in the U.S. stand up and say they need a semi automatic weapon to defend their homes , that is paranoia speaking. And as far as North Korea having missiles, why not? Russia, France, England, Israel to name a few have them, a better question is why the U.S. feels the need to bring the rest of the world into another war because someone else has the capibility of defending themselves. If they use those weapons first, it is another story but a nation without the capibility of defending themselves is ludicrous and they must test missiles as the U.S. did . Doesn't mean they are going to use them.

Answer 3

Koreans are normally not alllowed to possess any firearms except for military or police use. The possession of these missiles by N Korea is not the issue. Many countries possess Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles. N Korea is the country that has openly and very unrealistically threatened the US with them. That is why the US is taking such a position against the possession.

Answer 4

Yes, it is every American's right to possess arms, granted by the Constitution. It is also every nations right to have a military defense. However, when a nation is taking provocative action, such as launching long range missles that can carry payloads of Nuclear warfare, it becomes an issue.

Communist nations and other nations that do not follow guidelines and models set forth by the UN or NATO are watched very closely. If they do something that could pose a threat to others, some type of action should be taken.

Yes, it is their right to possess rockets for their defense. But if they provoke gestures and imply fear to others, then there is a problem.

If they are posing threats to Japan, the US, anywhere in the EU, then there is a serious security issue here. They need to be dealt with accordingly.

Could you imagine if every nation was free to just launch missles here and there and blow up whomever they feel like blowing up?

The line has to be drawn somewhere.

Answer 5

A Americans right to bear arms by definition in the constitution is a right to have a rifle not a missile. The right to bear arms is the right to protect your personal property a missile is not made to protect it is a offensive weapon. The missile's that North Korea is testing are long and medium range that will be fired at other countries(i.e. USA).

Answer 6

But Americans do not have the right to possess fire arms that cause mass destruction. Your question seems to be mixing up the concepts of Americans' rights to arms as guaranteed by the US Constitution and the right of the United States as a country to possess arms. Many would argue that no one has that right; not the US and not North Korea. It is in the best interest of human kind that such weapons are not allowed to exist anywhere.

Answer 7

Well, that's quite a leap of logic! Is a rifle or handgun really equivalent to an ICBM? Last I knew, no one was suggesting they don't have the right to posses as many guns as they want. (I'm sure someone out there somewhere is suggesting that...)

Further, do I really have a right as an American citizen to posses my own ballistic missile? That's news to me!

I appreciate your attempt at an analogy, though. It's better than the thoughtless hate-fest I encounter so often. :)

Answer 8

That's not a good analogy. Americans are allowed to bear personal firearms, as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. North Korea is developing offensive weapons technology, in defiance of global non-proliferation treaties. Not the same situation at all.

Answer 9

North Korea has the right to development missiles.
But, other countries have the right to put pressure on them to not develop missiles that threaten them.

Answer 10

Except the fire arms that MOST Americans have in their home is for self defense. North Korea is "shooting" their arms and no one is going after them. It is not defense.