Reply #104: Thats is the whole point of the 2nd Amendment

[GA_ArmyVet]

to allow you to be critical of the Government.

If the government silences it critics, the Government proves the point that the Government is abusive. If the Government allows the dissent it proves the freedom of the people.

It amazes me how on a progressive board can so rapidly want to remove the rights of others because the disagree with us. Which is exactly what we were angry with the opposition for doing, trampling on our rights because we disagree with them.

Rights are not guaranteed for the people in power...they don't need the guarentee...Rights are guaranteed for those who are not in power, otherwise we devolve into a chaotic society dependant on the whims of the current power structure.

Rights are rights always and not the abridged lightly.

Having o defend those you disagree with is what make being principled difficult. It is what makes doing the right thing harder to do, but is never the less.