The 2nd Amendment was ratified on December 17, 1791, along with the other nine Amendments that make up the Bill of Rights.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Cops arrive in time to draw the chalk lines....It's up to you to decide who's body it will be around.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we’d be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger’s potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat–it has no validity when most of a mugger’s potential marks are armed.
People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that’s the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there’s the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser. People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don’t constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.
The gun is the only weapon that’s as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn’t work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn’t both lethal and easily employable.
When I carry a gun, I don’t do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I’m looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don’t carry it because I’m afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn’t limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation… and that’s why carrying a gun is a civilized act....." - by Maj L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
And now to lighten the mood, here's a little Second Amendment humor, starting with a personal favorite of mine: "Guns have two enemies, rust and politicians." I happen to have a T-shirt bearing this slogan.
A Fire Arms Refresher Course
1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. If guns cause crime, then spoons cause Rosie O'Donnell to be fat. 8. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
9. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
10. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
11. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.
12. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
13. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
14. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
15. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
16. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
17. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
18. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
19. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
20. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
21. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
22. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
23. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.
24. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.
25. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
26. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
27. "A government of the people, by the people, for the people..."
28. You can pry my firearm from my cold dead fingers.
29. Gun control means aiming with both hands.
30. If you can't hit what you aim at, you don't deserve a gun.
31. I would rather be tried by twelve than carried by six.
32. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
It's always better to be judged by 12 than carried by six.
Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not you.
Never let someone or something that threatens you get inside arms length.
Never say "I've got a gun." If you need to use deadly force, the first sound they hear should be the safty clicking off.
The average response time of a 911 call is 23 minutes, at 1400 feet per second the response time of a .357 magnum is nearly instantaneous.
The most important rule in a gun fight is: Always Win - cheat if necessary - you dictate who fires the first shot!
Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets... You may get killed with your own gun, but he'll have to beat you to death with it, cause it'll be empty.
If you are in a gun fight:
If you're not shooting, you should be loading.
If you're not loading, you should be moving,
If you're not moving, you're dead.
In a life and death situation, do something...It may be wrong, but do something!
If you carry a gun, people call you paranoid. Nonsense! If you have a gun, what do you have to be paranoid about?
You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or any other word, but a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much a universal language.
You cannot save the planet, but you may be able to save yourself and your family!
So with that....
Cheers,
The Outlaw Belle
P.S. Does anyone want to explain this to me????
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