Its about protecting freedoms, not by using the guns, but by using the system that was laid out before us. If you think you can out gun the military your nuts. If you plan to out gun a criminal, ok. If you think the country could be invaded by outsiders with plans of over throwing our system, its possible. You may beable to assist in that type of situation. If you think that civil unrest could lead to defending your life and family from violence, that could happen too. A gun is no guarantee of the out come is any of the above situations. The most important thing about the gun owner rights issue is, how far do you want the government to go, and to what end? How much control of your own position do you want to take upon your own shoulders? As for me I'll take full responsibility for my thank you. I don't think anyone else is up to the task. In other words I don't need to worry about any of the things above. I am just going to trust myself rather than anyone else for my safety and security. I don't want my options for handling what ever situation comes my way limited by someone else.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe