LibertyKid
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The second amendments true and first purpose is to protect the people from Tyranny, domestic and foreign. Personal security is a secondary right that comes from the right to bear arms. Not only is the right to bear arms a constitutional amendment, but is also spelled out specifically in State Constitutions as well.I am not much for the gun crowd’s obsession with the second amendment, nor am I a concealed carry supporter.
Being a US citizen, you have the right to NOT carry, and you have the right to not like guns, for whatever reason. However, when or if the time comes for the citizens to defend against tyranny, there are citizens who will defend YOU and your liberties. We have to ask ourselves, are we guaranteed that our gov't will NEVER become tyrannical? I believe the answer is there is no guarantee. Therefore, if there is no guarantee, how do we then fight that tyranny?
I would say that this is probably the majority. In fact, you probably have friends and acquaintances that are own and support the 2A, but they don't speak of it out of responsibility, or because of the vitriol that the 2A sparks today. Also, don't confuse one's ambition and fervor to defend the 2A that their use of guns or responsibility carries the same tone.However, I do appreciate your apparant respect and understanding that owning and carrying a weapon in public is a great responsibility.
States that are not constitutional carry, do require some type of classroom and basic shooting training.I would be far more comfortable around you than I would among the noisy gun nuts elsewhere on this thread.
I am not aware that any state requires the purchaser of a gun to have much of any training (aof any at all) in its safe storage or use.
Some supporters of the 2A would say that is even 'infringement'. I will say that I agree and disagree, and that the issue is more complex than black and white.
Where we have failed as a country IMO, is education around the 2A and the entire constitution and the framing of our country. We the people should not serve the gov't, it the opposite. The gov't should always serve the people, and be subjected to the people and the will of the people. Yes, gov't, from local to the federal gov't should fear the people, not in a way that they fear their lives, but fear that they are not serving the people, and if gov't ever stop serving the people, then the people have the RIGHT to oust that gov't and start new. That's in the constitution. Our right to bear arms, is the where power is given to the people. As soon as you remove that power, we the people are asking to become subservient to the gov't.
However, most people today are constitutionally ignorant worship their political idols and gods and this forum is the perfect example. Both right and left.
Again, I think the majority of gun owners are responsible. Unfortunately, we have a very polarizing narrative today that is being espoused by the MSM and the left that paints a completely different picture. As I stated, you probably have friends, family, that own firearms. Are very responsible with that ownership. You don't know they own because they are being responsible. I only talk of ownership around those that I can absolutely trust. I don't drive around with stickers on my cars that says I own guns. I don't have signs on my house warning intruders. All that does is invite violence. Those that proudly wear their gun ownership on their sleeves as some sort of ego validation, are NOT the majority. Do not let the MSM and politicians paint the wrong narrative.“When I do carry, I am much more conscious of my own space, and the firearm is a continual check on my own actions. Carrying shouldn't make one cavalier in their actions, rather more conscience of the responsibility of carrying and their actions.”
I agree with you entirely. indeed, I would have no trouble with 2a advocates if they showed any evidence of such a sense of obligation.