That's not a problem - because I don't recognize the United Nations.Not according to the United Nations. Self defense is not recognized by the United Nations, specifically as relates to firearms.
Well, what I'm really getting at is this: I've talked to my counterparts of the same people you had mentioned who would "think you had gone off the deep end". I put forth the self-defense argument, and of course they retort with "if no one owns guns, then we don't have to worry" or "have more LEOs/pack a taser" or "your gun is statistically far more likely to kill someone in an accident, than it will ever save anyone in a self-defense situation". Statistically speaking, the last one is probably true (obviously it's not in practice, because no one handles it except me, and I'm fanatically careful).Ultimately, it feels like a very basic and important right or mindset, one that a lot of people have forgotten or chosen to ignore. That's what I felt like you're getting at with your post.
I couldn't have said it better myself.We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
UTdave - not to get cross-wise in this thread - I think it is relevant, but can you give us "shellback gunnies" some idea of where your change of heart comes from? As the OP stated, there is an "inherent right" involved, yet it is not recognized by all too many rational people. If there was some doorway, or concept that was useful to help other "non-believers" of that inherent right to understand it better. I would like to convince some certain folks of what we are talking about, but too many seem to have a closed mind.
sailor
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