What an abomination it must be in the eyes of these valiant men and women that their inheritors should cowardly squander the only enforcing mechanism left to a free people so that some may live the delusion of a risk free life. Removing, regulating, or restricting any right by force of law is hardly the talisman of a moral or free people. This past century stands as a timeless reminder of the dire consequences endured by those who abdicate this responsibility. Escalating crime, loss of freedoms and police states, all results of citizen disarmament, are not the province of any vocal majority to inflict upon the rest of us. We have democratically elected officials, there is nothing to fear from our government.
History says otherwise.
This is the same U.S. government that rounded up and incarcerated citizens of Japanese descent without a semblance of a trial. They conducted radiation experiments on unsuspecting American servicemen. They subjected black American men to bizarre syphilis experiments. They shot and killed an innocent woman and her teenage son at Ruby Ridge. Today, they regularly confiscate assets belonging to innocent people and then deny them the benefits of a trial by jury.