Reply #48: More platitudes. Keep 'em coming... Freedom! USA!

[DanTex]

Does not exist, except in your mind. For the facts of reality, tell us a completely different story
The US has far higher levels of homicide and gun violence than any other wealthy country. Are you denying this? If so, please state so clearly, thereby letting everyone else on this board know that you have not a clue about gun crime statistics.

When civilized humans apply logic and reason, they conclude that a necessary consequence of a person's right to life, entails the right to self-defense.
Better check those homicide and gun violence statistics again. All other wealthy nations are doing better than the US preserving the right to life by regulating gun ownership rather than flooding the streets with guns.

What you seem to be advocating is, "legislating from the bench;" also known as, changing the rules in the middle of the game. --- A legal system that is not based on objectively valid principles, is based on the doctrine that feelings are the creator of facts. It is arbitrary, irrational, and blindly emotional. Lady Justice is supposed to be blind. She is not supposed to be arbitrary, irrational, or emotional.
Whatever that means. I'm advocating crafting gun policy in such a way that it reduces the amount of violence and death. As opposed to using quotes from George Washington and Patrick Henry as a reason to ignore the 30,000 people who die from gun violence every year.