Thoughts on gun rights

The problem with sensible restrictions is that the gun owners never get anything in return for giving up something. They know that with each new tragedy the gun grabbers will come out of the woodwork and use it to push their agenda which is a total ban on guns.

"If I could have banned them all - 'Mr. and Mrs. America turn in your guns' - I would have!" - Diane Feinstein

Of course Diane carries a gun or did at the time of that quote or has body guards that carry guns.

back to the 2nd

People can't invent rights that they don't already have. Lot's of things can be codified but how another survives when attacked is not a choice society can legitimately make for the individual. We all, each of us, can do whatever it takes to survive and that includes using the best tools available be they modern firearms or a cap and ball pistol. Or for those who think it works dialing 911.

So the Second Amendment isn't giving us something we didn't already have before we put it to paper, the right to bear arms comes from  Life itself. Those who aren't willing to defend themselves mock  life. And those who would ban guns are contingently liable for every death that occurs from a person having been stripped by law of their gun.

Let us not forget that we are a country that is ruled by the consent of the governed. To give consent one must be able to deny consent and an unarmed person isn't in any condition to deny anything.