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I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. - Robert A. Heinlein
Perhaps the most interesting dichotomy in thought, and its not universal but the trend is apparent, that those who complain the loudest on things like the patriot act or say things like 'Bush is shredding the constitution' are also those who are in vehement favor of disarming the populous. If anything I would expect the opposite if such claims were based on being rational but instead its more based on rationalization.
I subscribe to the above Robert Heinlein quote. I am free to make the choices I make in life based on what I find tolerable. I am responsible for my own actions. Those actions may include defending myself from a petty criminal or may include defending myself from the government imposed upon me. By telling me I am not allowed to defend myself using the technology of the day (firearms) you are removing my freedom, you are saying I am not personally responsible, I am not to be trusted with my own fate, and it should be left up to others who you say know whats best for me.
This is not tolerable.
As such, if changes must be made to the 2nd amendment to be more clear I'd state it as the following.
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
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Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host
Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.
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