Guns Don’t Make You Safe

Civis Libertas ^ | 1/18/2013 | centinel

[civislibertas]

Holding a gun in your hands does not guarantee either your safety or your life. There is no surety that someone else won’t have bigger or better weapons and can still take what you consider valuable.

The whole point of holding a gun in your hands is that it raises the bar of consequence and therefore of the required level of intent for any attacker. The gun does not say, “you cannot kill me”. The gun says, “you can kill me, but until you do, I remain free”.

To that end, the bigger or better the weapon is, the more freedom you have. If your attackers have bigger and better weapons, your freedom is in danger of being diminished or extinguished. This is the same common sense logic that we apply to arming our military forces to defend our nation.

The second amendment to the US Constitution does not guarantee our right to bear arms, it merely restricts the right of the government to infringe upon the natural right that we have to be free and to defend our freedom. No words can either sustain or deny that natural right. They are only reminders that such undeniable rights exist.

[civislibertas]

Thanks for your support, Alas.

It’s important that we work through these issues and understand why our arguments are based on fundamental truths, not political agendas.

[Yosemitest]

CORRECTION TO POST:

"ALL the writer is saying is
that we have,
by virtue of being born creatures created by God
[Almighty], in His image,
the right to defend ourselves from Evil.
Do you believe that?"

I read no such statement in his article and and I challenge you to provide a link to such a statement.
While the fact that "I may believe that" is true, it's irrelevant to the fact that the Second Amendment Guarantees the right to bear arms.
Anyone who would suggest otherwise, should be expelled out of this country. Period.

And I can't believe anyone who has spent enough time in the Air Force to retire, would state otherwise.
A statement to say "IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT RIGHT" is absolutely disgusting,
and make me call into question whether you ever serve in the military at all!