I have no G-d, but am full of controls. I don’t get to ask for forgiveness, nor can I depend on faith, sacrifice, pilgrimage, or magic to redeem any mistakes I make.
I agree with your view of the constitution. Further, I don’t see how under the 14th Amendment, the states can claim authority to deny their state citizens/residents rights guaranteed under the Federal Constitution.
I don’t see too many people owning F-22s, as they are pretty expensive. Most thugs are less dangerous with fully automatic weapons, as they can’t aim worth crap. As for the 105mm howitzer, they don’t conceal work a hoot, and you need a team of folks to get them to fire, even if you don’t do the “forward observer” routine. Feeding them is a major chore too, which is why the “Caissons go rolling along”.
But boy-howdy, have you seen all the odd kinds of ammunition available for the 12 gauge/18mm smoothbore?
Just about anything you can dump down the muzzle. My Grandpa had an old 8 and a short-barreled .75 caliber musket. He demonstrated for me some interesting loads in the woods in Maine 50 years ago.
As a conservative, you partake of Christian Civilization and have internalized the mores that come with that. Whether those internal controls and outlook are God-given or just invented by our Judeo-Christian cultural ancestors they have made this civilization possible. The left has rejected not only God but everything about their heritage. They do retain some of those interior controls but do not trust them because they see them as irrational and do not understand them. They believe only in positive controls by men and believe also that all unenlightened men are ravening beasts if not restrained by their betters. Many disdain him but Thomas Hobbes is their prophet. And where do these "betters" come from? Well, they come from good families and go to the right schools...and these same folks claim to be the ofranchisees of Reason.