Power to defend my family, most certainly! ”What thinker expressed an encouraging situation where a mother is at home with her two kids who has zero chance of stopping a thug twice her size coming through a window?
Only an illusion to those who don't understand firearms can easily be misinformed, or any topic that isn't analyzed. For example not knowing what a semi-automatic firearm is or what AR means.
Who is to judge a mental illness and who is unfit to own a gun, you, the government, or your neighbor's?
"You believe we should just give up our individual rights so we can try to create a society that has never existed and for which you can’t give even a theoretical template?”
So you want to create a utopia, a place where evil no longer exists and where everyone loves their fellow man?
The goal is to help people to understand that armed citizens and firearms are not threats, and may even save a life.Gun control laws empower criminals leaving law-abiding citizens unable to protect themselves and their families. We can't even keep drugs out of our penitentiaries but you expect me to disarm putting all my trust into the police? The police show up after the crime has already been committed to clean up the mess.
”You’re not going to completely change a mind on the spot. You can, however, make people think, and by thinking they can begin to grasp the importance of individual freedom.