Let me throw a document into the equation: The Constitution. Yeah, yeah, old news. You’ve heard it a million times. Well, when the Constitution says “bear arms,” during the period in which it was signed, it meant bear any kind of weapon. Civilians owned the cannons, not the government.
Every man had a rifle. His own. It was either a family heirloom or a tool used to ensure survival. No one dared take a man’s livelihood.
What’s the difference today? Well, most people don’t own cannons. Civies don’t own tanks, helicopters, stealth fighters, or cruise missiles. So what are we left with? Rifles, pistols, in rare cases grenade launchers (which launch non-explosive rounds) and basically the equivalent to pea shooters against a tank.
Seems like a compromise.
We’re not allowed to own anything, because after all, why would any peaceful citizen need one right?
Wrong.
The reason the Second Amendment was the second, and not the tenth, or the fifth, or what have you, is because without it, no other right is guaranteed. Governments, regardless of country or creed takes any measures necessary to further to own authority. It is a promise of history.
What are we, as citizens, left with to defend ourselves with? Literally, pea shooters.
We are told we are not allowed to own machine guns. We agreed.
We are told we are not allowed to carry Into government buildings. We agree.
We are told we are not allowed to carry in certain national parks. We agree.
We are told we are not allowed to defend ourselves on college campuses, despite after time and time again being slaughtered on supposedly “gun-free” areas, but we agreed.
We are told in the 90s we are not allowed to own (inappropriately labeled and completely undefinable) “assault weapons,” but it passed as we had to suck it up for 10 years.
We are told that we are DENIED the right to walk the streets of the most crime ridden cities without means of protecting ourselves, and once again we are left with little say.
Here’s my question, where is YOUR compromise?
I’m not asking you to actually limit your constitutional rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
So far WE as gun owners are the ONLY ones doing any kind of compromising.
We’re not forcing anyone to do anything. We’re not holding lawmakers at gun point. However, lawmakers are literally holding gun owners at gunpoint to follow the law.
Yes. The government enforces laws. With police. And police carry guns.
We just want to be left alone. We’re not breaking the law. However we make compromise after compromise which limits are pushed every time a gun law passes.
I don’t see you having to compromise a damn thing. Oh, you’re scared because law abiding citizens carry? Boo hoo. But why are you afraid of people who wish you no harm? Why aren’t you instead afraid of criminals who *ahem* are criminals. And don’t follow the law anyway? You think because you pass a gun law he’ll magically turn in his gun out of guilt or civic duty? You can’t be serious.
Because real American gun owners don’t pose a threat to you.
You pose a threat to your own damn rights by chipping away at ours. Rights are equal amongst citizens of this country. When you start pretending you can limit ours, you’re really limiting your own as well. Some great compromising you’ve done.
And considering there are thousands of laws pertaining to firearms on the books, I think we have compromised enough. It is time to compromise the other way. Personally I would like to see restrictions on FA removed. 