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Originally posted by WaterBottle
There is like 1000000000 million other threads on this.
Originally posted by ownbestenemy
reply to post by ConspiracyNutjob
Your thread title is wrong. The premise behind the 2nd Amendment is always required, as a free born person. We have the natural right to protect ourselves and our property from whatever threat is presented.
Does not a bear utilize its claws to defend its cubs? Furthering that argument, if a bear could utilize a better method of protecting its life and prosperity, should it be denied because it is "deadly"?
Originally posted by ownbestenemy
reply to post by ConspiracyNutjob
I missed nothing. The ideal behind the second amendment was that of self-preservation and fits in with the three basic tenants of Natural Rights: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. Without the ability to actually protect yourself (the 2nd Amendment), you cannot secure the others. So it is always required as a free born human being; regardless if it is "needed" or not; or in this case, if it is being threatened to be taken away.
Trust me, I am on your side on this but Jefferson for all his greatness was hardly a statesman and advocated bloodshed while sitting upon his alter in Monticello..
A quote, "The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it", attributed in the book by Matt Carson to Thomas Jefferson, has been considered false, not found prior to 2007[17].
Originally posted by WaterBottle
There is like 1000000000 million other threads on this.