Information for skewering liberals who argue the Second is not a Right that applies to an individual:
The Bill of Rights are laws that protect the individual American citizen from the excesses of our federal government. The Framers believed that each man is sovereign and therefore, cannot be "grouped" into categories, types and whatever mechanism that would deprive him of his individuality. The Criminal Left looks at Americans as groups of people. The fallacy therein is that only an individual man can have Rights; a group of men cannot. I at one time knew exactly why, but the reasoning has since escaped me. Maybe a bit of research is warranted. At any rate, the article is there for your perusal...
Why the Right to Bear Arms Is an Individual Right
Does the Second Amendment protect an individual right to gun ownership, or is it a collective right that can and should be heavily regulated by the state? In light of recent debates about mass shootings and
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The Bill of Rights are laws that protect the individual American citizen from the excesses of our federal government. The Framers believed that each man is sovereign and therefore, cannot be "grouped" into categories, types and whatever mechanism that would deprive him of his individuality. The Criminal Left looks at Americans as groups of people. The fallacy therein is that only an individual man can have Rights; a group of men cannot. I at one time knew exactly why, but the reasoning has since escaped me. Maybe a bit of research is warranted. At any rate, the article is there for your perusal...