(08-12-2019 04:23 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I'm personally opposed to both (owning a gun and having an abortion) but I recognize the law protects the rights of individuals to do both things.
U.S. district judges have compared the right to have an abortion to that of gun rights. In 2014, Judge Myron Thompson highlighted the following reasons for similarities between the two in a ruling that the Alabama Women’s Health and Safety Act was unconstitutional.
(1) Both are individual rights.
(2) Both are rights recognized by the United States Supreme Court.
(3) To exercise the rights fully, both require the assistance or participation of third parties—medical professionals for the right to abortion, and firearm and ammunition sellers for the right to bear arms.
(4) Neither right is absolute, and some (but not too much) government regulation is permissible.
(5) The Supreme Court’s recognition of these rights and its understanding of the scope of the rights are disputed on legal and moral grounds.
So I'd say that if Roe vs. Wade is overturned, then the precedent might be then set for taking away certain gun rights. Be careful for what you wish for OO.

I personally favor both.

I would point out one significant difference that your analysis specifically omits. One right (gun ownership) is specifically enumerated as a Constitutional right that "shall not be infringed," whereas the other in inferred by court decision based on privacy (which is not itself an enumerated right) and "penumbras."