The role of the firearm in the hands of the private individual is to stop and prevent murder, theft, rape, and destruction. The firearm is the means for defending against criminals and their most destructive ilk, tyrants. Senator Metzenbaum and his cronies point out that guns are made only to kill. 8 To stop aggression. To halt those who initiate the use of force.
Capitalism is the only social system that bars the initiation of force in human relationships.
Capitalism is the system based upon man's rights and the only way man's rights can be violated is by means of the initiation of force. However, such a conclusion is painfully disillusioned. Since the beginning of the 20th century capitalism has become more and more that weakened, debilitated, unacknowledged host for the modern day collectivist leech known as the welfare state. The welfare state has its foundations in supernaturalism, faith, and especially altruism. The welfare state is, in fundamentals, opposed to the right to keep and bear arms at every critical level of philosophy.