Forbes article on 2nd Amendment. Must read...must quote...must keep

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Lawrence Hunter article in Forbes on Gun Control.  It has so many good points, so many quotes to use.   I just posted one of them, a sustinct explanation of the Bill of Rights, on my Facebook page.

Gun Control Tramples On The Certain Virtues Of A Heavily Armed Citizenry
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencehunter/2012/12/28/gun-control-tramples-on-the-certain-virtues-of-a-heavily-armed-citizenry/

Excerpt

The Second Amendment was designed to ensure that individuals retained the right and means to defend themselves against any illegitimate attempt to do them harm, be it an attempt by a private outlaw or government agents violating their trust under the color of law.  The Second Amendment was meant to guarantee individuals the right to protect themselves against government as much as against private bad guys and gangs.

That is why the gun grabbers’ assault on firearms is not only, not even primarily an attack merely on the means of self-defense but more fundamentally, the gun grabbers are engaged in a blatant attack on the very legitimacy of self-defense itself.  It’s not really about the guns; it is about the government’s ability to demand submission of the people.