shakran

KirStang. No. I don't have to justify it. Once I start justifying it, it's admitting that the government has the right to remove my right to speak unless I can give them a good enough reason not to. I have the right to life. I don't have to justify to the government why I should live, because it is a right. The /right,/ is why I should live. Similarly, I do not have to justify why I should be allowed to speak. I have the right to freedom of speech. the /right,/ is why I should be allowed to speak.

And, to bring it to the context of this thread, if you feel the need to justify having a gun then you are implicitly admitting that it is not a /right,/ but a /privilege that you feel is a necessity./ If having a gun is a /right,/ then you do not have to justify having one. It is your right to have one. That is all that needs to be said.