"Liberty" is getting tossed around very loosely in this discussion.
One suggestion was that liberty is pursuing one's happiness and another was that liberty is the power to do as one pleases. Since we are discussing something we like (gun stuff), liberty is apparently boundless. But if we were to discuss pedophiles pursuing their form of happiness by doing as they pleased with children, the idea that liberty is boundless would instantly disappear.
Liberty is not anarchy. Since the dawn of time, all societies have placed limits on individual liberty. Regardless of whether an individual would like to kill or injure another person or take another person's property, such "liberty" has been limited for the good of the society.
What about the more refined definition of liberty as freedom from arbitrary control? No dictatorial or undemocratic decree has been issued banning bump stocks. Instead, a proposal is beginning to pass through due process procedures that our society has defined. And when that regulatory process is completed, we will still have recourse to legislative and judicial processes.
One suggestion was that liberty is pursuing one's happiness and another was that liberty is the power to do as one pleases. Since we are discussing something we like (gun stuff), liberty is apparently boundless. But if we were to discuss pedophiles pursuing their form of happiness by doing as they pleased with children, the idea that liberty is boundless would instantly disappear.
Liberty is not anarchy. Since the dawn of time, all societies have placed limits on individual liberty. Regardless of whether an individual would like to kill or injure another person or take another person's property, such "liberty" has been limited for the good of the society.
What about the more refined definition of liberty as freedom from arbitrary control? No dictatorial or undemocratic decree has been issued banning bump stocks. Instead, a proposal is beginning to pass through due process procedures that our society has defined. And when that regulatory process is completed, we will still have recourse to legislative and judicial processes.