Originally Posted by willravel

Owning a gun isn't a right, the right is that of a well regulated militia to bear arms (a.k.a., the National Guard). You're defending a misunderstanding.

How many times are you going to bring this up in threads that have nothing in the world to do with gun control or gun rights? Don't you have other interests? Don't you have political opinions that don't stem from your belief that every person has the right and responsibility to own a gun? You know that this only ends up going in circles again and again and again.

You know I don't trust the government at all, I do everything I can to stop potential dictators like Bush from gathering power and stripping everyone of their Constitutionally protected rights, and then you suggest that I allow rights to be infringed because of 'compelling government interest'? I think that Arab terrorists had nothing to do with 9/11, and that Bush should be behind bars for spying on his fellow Americans.

Please understand, I belive:
1) The US is headed away from liberty, and the current administration is speeding up the process by commiting unspeakable acts, including the loss of habeaus corups, misleading congress, and bypassing the FISA courts. We need to defend our freedom from those who would try and replace liberty with the illusion of security.
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2) The Second Amendment ("A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.") protects the right to bear arms for members of a well regulated militia, not every member of the populace, and I recognize that this law was written right after militias won the war against the British military. The idea that every person should be allowed to have a gun is like the idea that every country should have nuclear weapons. It's MAD (both nuts and Mutually Assured Destruction).