Thank you. Understood. Completely agree. I know we might not be viewed by many in this country as somehow subject to protection for violation of our civil rights laws. However, I've always viewed the Second Amendment as equally important to all other provisions in the Bill or Rights or in any subsequent amendment, such as the 14th Amendment.
It's always been a line of observation for me: First off, is life worth protecting? Yes. Are there small or underrepresented demographics? Well, sure. Democrats state that minorities and women are under represented, but yet they are ignorant, they don't go far enough. Who is the smallest voice and the most under represented? Well, that's the individual. No one cares about the individual and yet anyone who feels that any government or organisation will act in the individuals best interest is sadly mistaken. This is why I also am very aware of the forefathers referring to the "tyranny of the majority", as democracy can be horribly tyrannical. For example we have 10 people and one issue for debate. Nine say "yes" and one says "no", seems fair right? Majority should always rule, right? Wrong. What if the issue is consent and sex? Never forget that gang rape is a democratic affair. It shows how the tyranny of the majority will trample the rights of the individual and even feel morally justified in doing so.
Every person has the right to ensure their own safety and autonomy. Civilised people will respect these boundaries through verbal debate and votes at the ballot. Brutes and tyrants will stop at nothing, and this is why the civilised individual must be armed. It seems counterintuitive that the civilised and nonviolent society requires violent defense, but it is because of the threat of these means of defense that society is able to be civilised or nonviolent at all.
Maybe my thoughts make sense, or maybe I'm just a politically uneducated, overly opinionated millennial
. I only do this politics stuff as a full time hobby after all, and my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it
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