Top Two Reasons to Own a Gun

clashdaily.com ^ | 01/04/13 | John Kirkwood

[Taxman]

Mr. Kirkwood has the most convincing argument in favor of gun ownership I have yet been exposed to.

[Perseverando]

[Sacajaweau]

When the British began stripping the countrymen of their guns, the right to protect oneself and thy neighbor became sooooooooooo important, that it was added as a particular right in the Bill of Rights.

The Bill of Rights can only be read one way..."that it applies to each and every person as an individual".

The idea that you have to be a part of a "militia group" or a religious "group" to have these rights is false.

[elcid1970]

Superb rant!

War’s coming, folks. A civilizational clash.

[basil]

Very well written!

Thanks for posting it.

[ArrogantBustard]

That essay was excellent, both as to content and as to style.

I was also quite pleasantly surprised last night with Mark Levin. He led the program with a monologue on the Second Amendment and was quite blunt about it: the right to keep and bear arms isn't about hunting or or stopping muggers. It's about stopping a tyrannical government.

Excellent. Simply excellent.

We are facing a propaganda barrage from the rapist enablers and tyrants in Big Media and Big Government to demonize guns and gun owners. I'm very glad to see folks with big platforms "shooting" back.

[IncPen]

ping

[hoosierham]

And weren’t allthose donated American private guns destroyed by the British government rather than being issued?

The British just had a much milder form of tyranny than the Germans.

[mountainlion]

MOLON LABE! What is that supposed to mean? Where are his two reasons? This article looks like a big ramble to me. Why can't people get to the point and then explain things without the self richous ramble?

[stormhill]

The idea that you have to be a part of a "militia group" or a religious "group" to have these rights is false.

Along with this we've always heard that having a standing army fulfills the 2A requirement and private gun ownership is obsolete. This is wrong on so many levels it's hard to tackle but I'll try.

Politicians can't work-around the Constitution; if they want to change it, they're required to go the amendment/repeal process which, in the case of the Bill of Rights, they...well...can't.

The Bill of Rights is intended for the people therefore the second cannot logically be reinterpreted to enable the government to have an army. There already was an army when the Bill of Rights was ratified so that viewpoint is clearly fallacious. An army is Government Issue. Governments don't have "rights" they have powers.

Getting long-winded here; I'll quit now.

[ez]

I understood it perfectly. Perhaps you should read it again.

[mountainlion]

MOLON LABE! I still do not understand that.

I got short term memory loss and gave up with the first paragraph. I really do not like long winded articles.

[Herodes]

Perhaps you need to bone up on your reading comprehension.

The two reasons were spelled out clearly and succinctly.

[stormhill]

MOLON LABE!: Come and Get Them! (Think Leonidas and the Spartan Army)

[Hang'emAll]

bump for freedom

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Obama doesn't mind people owning guns.

He just minds law-abiding white people owning guns.

[mountainlion]

Top Two Reasons to Own a Gun: Thank God and Sam Colt …

Is that all it says? Used to be that the first paragraph gave the what, when, why and where then you could decide if you wanted to read the whole thing. To own a gun to thank God and Sam Colt is kinda ridiculous. I own guns to protect myself form wildlife like bears and mountianlions and such. I guess it depends if you live in the mountains or down town.

[ez]

Try Google. Molon Lave means “Come and Take them” in Greek and was what King Leonidas (see the movie “300”) said to the hoardes of Persians that were attacking Greece.

[brewcrew]

Dude - If you read the entire thing, the two reasons are: 1. to shoot a bastard, and 2. to shoot a tyrant.

Sheesh.

[Perseverando]

(I hope this picture will help you understand.)