Reply #17: Not the 1700s anymore.

[gorfle]

Everything else in society is regulated.... but your guns are not to be???? That's some extremist shit I will never go along with. Guns are not tools, they are instruments designed and used to kill, nor are they necessary for a civilian....

First of all, firearms are regulated.

Second of all, firearms are most definitely necessary for civilians to own. As I've posted many times here, the intent of the founders is quite clear. The idea was to keep military power in the hands of The People (civilians) so that they could not be oppressed by a tyrannical federal government.


So don't give me this crap that owning a gun is somehow as beneficial to society or a democracy as your Freedoms of Speech, or any other right...

Our founders did not share your optimism. They feared that our rights, such as freedom of speech, could be oppressed, and so armed the people as a final recourse against such oppression and tyranny.

We do not live in the 1700's anymore.... get over it.

No, we do not live in the 1700's anymore. This does not mean that the foresight of our founders is somehow invalid. I would no more "get over" the right to keep and bear arms as insurance against tyranny than I would get over the right to free speech or the right against unreasonable search and seizure. These ideals were applicable in the 1700's and still are today.

when is someone's life as important as your right to own a gun?

Quite simply, never. We should never give up essential liberties while seeking temporary safety.