Originally Posted by issodhos
Originally Posted by taiwancapsule
A court case now proceeding in Washington DC is claiming that native Taiwanese people are entitled to certain fundamental rights under the US Constitution.

Well, the US Constitution recognizes pre-existing rights such as the pre-existing right to the private ownership and use of firearms. Individual Taiwanese already have this natural right --though it is probably currently being infringed upon by the powers-that-be on Taiwan. So, do you support the recognition of this right as an entitlement of the Taiwanese as a free people, or are you opposed to this court case?
The right of the people to keep and bear arms is not a "fundamental right" which applies to overseas US territories. Certainly, in Taiwan the populace has no right to keep and bear arms. Nor do we expect that to change after the full recognition of US administrative authority over Taiwan, and the native Taiwanese peoples' rights (under the Fifth Amendment) to hold "US national non-citizen" passports.